Key Lime Pie Cupcakes

I made some key lime pie cupcakes this week too.

I cheated and used boxed cake mix and canned frosting as bases, but I added lime juice to the cake mix and graham cracker crumbs into the frosting (a cool idea I picked up from a recipe I found online. It's supposed to imitate the pie crust)


They were very tasty and look nice too! （‐＾▽＾‐）

More pumpkin stuff

I had some extra pumpkin puree after I made the pumpkin pies, so I decided to find a use for it. (Especially since pumpkins are so expensive this year because a lot of the pumpkins got killed by this crazy weather we've been having this year! Plus the pumpkins were really fresh and tasty because my dad got them from a friend of his who is a farmer.)

I made some pumpkin spice pancakes. They were SO good. I want more. o(TωT )


I put some of the pumpkin syrup that I made with some of the puree on them. (I didn't take pictures of the syrup because it didn't look too good because of the spices floating in it)

Yummy! (≡^∇^≡)

Pumkin Pie

During this whole week I've baked two pumpkin pies completely from scratch.

I started with two small pumpkins, cut them in half, scooped out the seeds and baked the pumkins in the oven to soften them.


I roasted the seeds and had a tasty snack for later too! (^O^)


After the pumpkins finally cooled I scooped the flesh out of them and made a puree in the food processor.


It doesn't look like much in the picture, but I ended up with two containers full of puree. I had more than enough puree to make the pie filling, so I got to make a lot of tasty pumpkin dishes later with the extra puree. ≧(´▽｀)≦

I made a gingersnap crust for the pie. I had a hard time pressing the crust into the pie dish and it was a little uneven, but It tasted so good!


Then I made the filling, filled the pie, and baked it.



It doesn't look the best, but it tasted so good! The pumpkin pie I made later this week came out nicely too. (Even if it did have a crack in it ゛(｀ヘ´#)) It was a lot of work to make homemade pumpkin pie, but it was so worth it. I will definitely make another one next time I get my hands on some more pumpkins. (Not the one we have now- it is NOT a sweet pumpkin.