Because I love dessert...

Thanksgiving is just days away and this pumpkin bread looked too easy and too delicious not to buy! All I had to add was eggs, oil, and water...and an hour later fresh baked bread. The house smelled delightful!

I wrapped one of the loafs up for a friend with a cutsie polka dot ribbon and a stamped pumpkin tag to finish it off...and little did they know it was not made from scratch! I won't tell if you won't! ;)

The package came with a can of pumpkin along with a bag of the bread batter. I thought this would also work really well to put in a clear canister as one of those pour all the ingredients in a bowl and bake presents. An easy and quick present without spending the day in the kitchen...and it was only $4!

I also made another ice cream cake this weekend. This is the original ice cream cake from Sandra Lee that I posted about here (recipe included). I thought I'd show what her recipe ends up looking like. Um...delicious! I ran out of toffee for the sides of the cake so I threw some Hershey's syrup all over it to fill in space. It made it even more tasty and beautiful!

I love the dripping cool whip and chocolate down the side!Oh, and Michelle at Chocolate and Marmalade Tea passed on this sweet award to me last week. She said I have the coolest ideas! Aww thanks Michelle! Now it is my turn to recognize some awesome bloggy bloggers!

The rules of this award are:
1. Pick ten people to pass this onto if you choose.
2. Contact them and let them know you have chosen them for this award.
3. Also, link back to the person who gave you the award.
Okay, my choices are:

1. Andrea Leigh at My Chihuahua Bites! because she is inspiring me to better my make up habits! She is also very sweet... :)

2. Chris at Just a Girl because well, who doesn't love her? She is so sweet and she has so many great ideas...she inspires many!

3. Tracey at Notes from a Cottage Industry...I just found her blog and she has amazing things. Cupcakes and decor...my favs!

4. Jamie from Right at Home because she has cute, easy, and budget friendly projects.

Go check these ladies out if you haven't already!