Super Easy Pumpkin Cake Recipe

So to jumpstart our pumpkin month I want to share a super simple recipe that I decided to try out ie. an experiment.  I had a simple yellow gluten free cake mix that I needed to use up and I had some pumpkin that I wanted to use. . . so I had pumpkin cake that was so easy my 8 year old could have made it on her own!  Oh and did I mention it was also super delicious!

Ingredients:
1 box cake mix(I used standard yellow gluten free)
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup coconut oil
3 eggs(farm fresh)
2 tsp homemade vanilla
1 cup pumpkin puree(homemade is best but canned works)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp ground cloves
pinch of cardamon(this is powerful stuff so just a little bit goes a long way)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease an 8 by 8 square baking dish.

Pour cake mix in bowl.  Add all the spices and whisk to mix.

Set aside.

In separate bowl mix up all the wet ingredients.  Whisk together really well.

Now pour the wet into the dry.

Pour cake mixture into greased pan and sprinkle with a topping.

My favorite topping is using this simple recipe:

1 cup gluten free quick oats
1/4 cup finely ground demerara sugar
1/4 cup coconut manna
3 Tb cinnamon(I like cinnamon you can adjust this to fit your spice needs)

Mix them all together to form a crumble and "crumble" over the top of anything that you need to garnish.

Okay now simply bake the cake!  Mine needed to bake for just over 50 minutes.  It was very moist and loved by all!

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Easy Homemade No Bake Granola Cereal

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Homemade Granola

Ingredients:

8 cups quick oats

1 cup chia seeds

2 cups dried banana chips

1 cup dried pineapple chunks

4 cups coconut flakes

Homemade Granola all ready to get put in bowls.

 Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl stirring well.  It's now ready to serve!  Yes it is that super easy to make!  I stored ours in a jar in the refrigerator, though it only lasted a few days as my family loved this stuff!  Make sure as with all baking that your ingredients are all gluten free.

One serving of Homemade Granola.  I used 1/2 cup size.

Make sure to use plenty of milk on the homemade granola as it will absorb it!

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Ham and Cheese Casserole

If you live in our house you'd know that I love being able to throw stuff together and make a casserole for my family to enjoy instead of having to make three or four dishes to feed us.

This is such a casserole.  I had some leftover chopped ham.  One small package of spaghetti noodles(these were a corn based noodle).  Some frozen peas and some cheddar cheese.  So what did I do?  Well it's simple really!

Delicious ham and cheese casserole.

1.  Cook up some spaghetti noodles to just under done.  Ours were gluten free of course!
2.  Drain the noodles.
3.  Place noodles, chopped ham, and frozen peas together in a bowl.
4.  Mix well.
5.  Make a cheese sauce to go over your pasta casserole.  You can find my favorite recipe here.
6.  Place the noodle mix in a 13 by 9 casserole dish.
7.  Pour the cheese sauce over the top.
8.  Bake at 350 degrees for at least half an hour, or until it is golden on top.

Last but not least.  Let it cool just a little bit and then enjoy!  You can also put some bacon bits on top of this or crushed gluten free crackers or even crushed chex cereal.

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Holiday Cupcakes

I must admit that this is probably the easiest cupcake I have ever made.  I cheated.  I used a box mix for the cake and premade icing.  Oh yes, bad bad mommy here.  But now that I've made it I know that it will also be super easy to make with any of my cupcake recipes!

To make these I used:
1 Betty Crocker yellow cake mix, gluten free(made according to directions)
1 package candy canes(check to make sure they are gluten free)
1 container gluten free chocolate frosting

Okay, first make the cake mix according to the directions.

All mixed up pretty.

Next smash up half of the package of candy canes.

I placed the candy canes in a baggy.

And then pulverized them with the bottom of a glass.

Add them to the batter and stir until mixed together.

Add crushed candy canes to batter.

Stir them in until combined.

Place in a cupcake pan.

Ready for the oven.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.

Let them cool.

Remove and let cool.

Now simply frost them with your icing, we used chocolate, and sprinkle with the rest of the package of candy canes after crushing them!

Frost and top.

Now that looks good enough to eat!

Yummy!  We are in love though my husband doesn't really like mint so leaving his topping off his icing.

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