What to Bake This Month

Some ideas to help focus your time in the kitchen!

I personally love everything pumpkin, but I understand that the selection of pumpkin spice everything can be overwhelming (from smoothies to scented soap). If you bake anything pumpkin this year, let it be one of these favorites: 

Pumpkin Cake with Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting - This small-batch Pumpkin Cake is made up of two layers of super moist, pumpkin spice cake with coffee cream cheese frosting. Think of all of your favorite Pumpkin Spice Latte flavors, but as a layer cake!

S’mores Pumpkin Cupcakes - Pumpkin S’mores Cupcakes are stuffed with gooey ganache and torched meringue topping. These cupcakes are just as tasty as they are gorgeous - inside and out!

Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Ice Cream Sandwiches - These ice cream sandwiches are made with chewy, not cakey, pumpkin snickerdoodles. Rolled in pumpkin pie spiced sugar, the wonderful mix of textures from the crunchy coating, chewy cookies, and cold ice cream make for the perfect fall dessert.

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Not into pumpkin, can’t easily access the canned stuff, or just need a break? Make one of these pumpkin-free desserts:

French Opera Cake - An inverse of the classic with tender layers of chocolate almond sponge cake, whipped coffee white chocolate ganache, and the most luscious chocolate French buttercream. 

Chai Spice Cake - This cozy Chai Spice Cake is full of warm spices and packed with flavor. It has moist spice cake layers that are stuffed with shortbread cookie crumbles, thick caramel sauce, and frosted in delicious Chai Swiss meringue buttercream.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie - This No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie comes together effortlessly with mousse-like peanut butter filling, honey and salt-seasoned whipped cream, and a shower of chocolate shavings. It is a true crowd-pleaser without ever having to turn on the oven.

Raspberry Brownie Nutella Cake - At 6-layers tall, this towering cake is any chocolate-lover’s dream. This Brownie Nutella Cake is stuffed with two different kinds of chocolate cake, tangy raspberry preserves, and luscious Nutella buttercream that’s finished with a glossy chocolate glaze.