I finally made my first pumpkin recipe this season!  It was bound to happen because it’s a yummy ingredient to work with this time of year.  I hope you guys aren’t sick of seeing pumpkin recipes yet because this one is a winner. This five layer coffee cake is a combination of a pumpkin pie and coffee cake.  This moist vanilla cake has a layer of pumpkin custard and a swirl of cinnamon oat streusel in the middle and on the top. Pumpkin Coffee Cake Recipe (Makes 16 servings) Ingredients for Streusel: 1/3 cup butter, melted 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup rolled oats …

Oh yea, two of my favorite things combined into one fabulous dish, chocolate and crumb topping!  How can you go wrong…you simply can’t.  🙂 My Perfect Crumb Cake came out so amazing so I wanted to experiment with how I could incorporate chocolate into that traditional crumb cake recipe.  This chocolate crumb cake came out a-maze-ing!  Can you picture me singing that to you?  Hopefully not because I’m not the greatest singer.  Lol.  The chocolate cake layer is dense, moist, and rich and it’s covered with a layer of cinnamon and sugary crumb topping and miniature chocolate chips.  If you’re saying “oh my!” then you’d …

Whenever I host a brunch I always love to serve some type of bread or loaf because I think it’s perfect for late morning or early afternoon time and it pairs well with the other typical brunch foods. This bread is not really a bread, like you’d make a sandwich with.  It’s a wonderful spice cake.  The ribbon of cinnamon sugar in the middle of the loaf is similar to a streusel in a coffee cake, but there are no nuts in this loaf. Cinnamon-Sugar Crust Cinnamon-Ribbon Bread Recipe (Makes 1 loaf) Ingredients: 1/3 cup white sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 large egg …