FALL is Coming...

I am in big time denial. I just don't want summer to end quite yet! I was convinced that summer was still trying to hang around but there is no fooling Mother Nature and what she says GOES. Here is the proof that I found today that fall is coming, in addition to the fact that it now gets dark by 7:30pm and I have to remember to turn on my head lights when I am driving around.

That is the glorious thing about the Pacific Northwest. In the middle of summer it will stay light out until 10pm.

I guess there are SOME good things that do come with fall. Cozy sweaters, Pumpkin Spice Lattes, boots and falling leaves. And my Fall Pinterest Board (SEE HERE) is BLOWING up with inspiring fall themes.  

And on that Pinterest board I had a pin for a Chocolate Pumpkin Spice bundt cake from this awesome blog, Chocolate, Chocolate and More Chocolate. Naturally, I am a fan. Check out the blog HERE for the recipe! 

So there was just one little problem standing in my way of this confection and me...a bundt pan. I was just in William Sonoma the other day admiring the REALLY nice bake-ware section they had. TONS of bundt pans, but they were all around $20-30 bucks a pop. I made a mental note and left with just a high quality cooking spray, this stuff works AMAZING! Go get some it is only $10 at William Sonoma. 

Say NO to PAM! Buy Me Instead!

 

So here I am ingrediants and all but no bundt pan. Fortunately I live down the street from a Value Village and I decided to pop in. Within 5 minutes I find this little GEM. In brand new condition and for $5.99. SCORE! Even looks like a crown!

Gotta Love Value Village!

I got out my recipe and proceeded to BAKE! Now I know that my oven is a fast cooker to begin with so I set the timer to 45 minutes according to the recipe and it was definitely not done cooking in the middle, still very gooey when I tested it. But the bottom of the cake was perfectly cooked and I didn't want to come out uneven. The solution - tin foil. I literally just cut a piece and set it over the top of the bundt and 10 minutes later, it was done and not burnt. 

MMMmmmm....perfecto

Now you have to let it cool before flipping it on to the cooling rack. And sure enough the non stick spray did the job because that little cake popped right out of there no problem! 

The bundt cake

 

Now once it is cooled the recipe said you can either sprinkle powdered sugar on it OR frost it...when in rome FROST IT. I just so happen to have a little bit of left over butter cream frosting in my fridge from last weekend so I proceeded to pull that out. I then also had a little bit left of a bag of white chocolate chips. I melted the white chocolate chips over a double boil on the stove and added it to the butter cream to make...wait for it....WHITE CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAM...yup you guessed it. 

The Finished Product

Well if you can't beat them, join them. HAPPY FALL FRIENDS!