If you're hitting up the local pumpkin patch for fall, here are two recipes you can't beat. s The Best Pumpkin Cake Ever
Mix the following ingredients and pour into cake pan:
1 large 29 oz can pumpkin 1 large 29 oz can 1 cup milk 1 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp cloves 1/2 tsp salt 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1/4 tsp ginger 1/8 tsp nutmeg Other: 1 box Yellow Cake Mix 1 cup melted butter
Then sprinkle yellow cake mix (dry) over pumpkin mixture. Melt butter pour over yellow cake. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. s Simple Butternut Squash Soup
1 butternut squash, peeled
Nutmeg
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Salt and pepper
1 onion, chopped
6 cups chicken stock s Cut squash into 1-inch chunks. In large pot melt butter. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add squash and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook until squash is tender. Remove squash chunks with slotted spoon and place in a blender and puree. Return blended squash to pot. Stir and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. {images via automatism, Snippet & Ink, A Lovely Morning}