It's fall!

And fall means apples and pumpkins! Despite having picked eighteen (yes, eighteen) pounds of apples last week (what can I say, it's like I enter a fugue state where I NEED MORE APPLES LOOK THERE ARE MORE APPLES ON THE NEXT TREE AND THE TREE AFTER THAT AND.... yes), I actually have only been eating my apples, not making pies or cute little apple pie cookies.

But (as if the picture above wasn't a clue), I did get off my lazy behind and made bourbon pumpkin bread for a pumpkin carving party. I found that the recipe only made two loaves of bread, not three as the recipe claimed (maybe my loaf pans are larger than the ones used in the recipe). And I added some chopped pecans because I like a little bit of texture with my pumpkin breads.

It's like pumpkin pie in quick bread form. Delicious!

Chocolate Espresso Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Glaze

I've been slacking. Captain Obvious.

I did a little bit of baking this summer (sour cream coffee cake with fresh raspberries, some loaves of banana bread, oatmeal cookies) but I haven't tried anything new for a while.

I've had this cake originally from Sweetapolita on my "to do" list, and I finally got around to making it. My only regret is not doing it sooner, it was extremely simple (one bowl for the cake, one for the glaze) and turned out lovely. I didn't even have any bundt pan issues.

Also - taking pictures of a chocolate cake is hard!