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FrugElegance With Carol and Randi, the Frugirls
Pumpkin Dump Cake
1 29oz can pure pumpkin 1 12oz can evaporated milk 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 tsp salt 3 tsp cinnamon 1 box yellow cake mix 1 cup chopped pecans 3/4 cup melted butter (or margarine)
Special occasions & holidays have their favorite recipes. But seasonal recipes can be just as significant and memorable. As we start seeing the temperatures turn cooler, Fall fruits will replace our favorites from Summer. Melons & berries that fill our Rustic Summer Tart (recipe is on our blog) -- we are sad to see those go. But, we are excited for the Fall & Winter favorites like Apples, Clementines, Pears and yeah, Pumpkins! There's been a huge pumpkin craze with Fall the past couple of years. The driving force has been Starbucks with their Pumpkin Spice latte. Now, so many
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Mix first 6 ingredients until well blended 3. Pour batter into a greased 9×13 baking pan. 4. Sprinkle cake mix on top and then cover with pecans. Drizzle melted margarine over the top.* (See note) 5. Bake approx 50 minutes till top is nice & brown. brands are following the craze by offering limited time only products like, pumpkin muffins, cookies, cereals and so much more. Are they all catching on to Fall being a seasonal favorite and that there should be more than Pumpkin Pie on the menu? Pumpkin Dump Cake is one of our Fall favorite recipes and it is so incredibly easy to make, we almost feel guilty about that. *A dump cake is all about the convenience of the ingredients all being “dumped” into one bowl and pan. We decided that step #4 needed a little
The recent story of a 42-year old man from Concord who was caught on security video removing a small package from the doorstep has gone viral. The suspect, Daniel Price has been arrested, thanks to claycord.com and its readers. Claycord has had a series of success of suspects captured in the act on security cameras getting posted to Clacyord.com, identified and apprehended, two this past week. But what made this recent video popular was what happened in the next few seconds after Mr. Price picked up the package. The homeowner, Ken Jensen is seen chasing after him. You see Mr. Price dropping the Security footage from 2012 shows the same man stealing a package.
Recent fottage shows the progression of the theft.
change. If you follow the instructions, there can be some dry areas on the top because of the melted butter does not cover enough area. Instead of increasing the butter, we mixed the melted butter into the cake mix and then gently spread the crumbled thick pieces across the top of the batter. Then we sprinkled on the pecans and bake. This also helped the top
package, hopping into his car and speeding off, but not before Jensen was able to reach inside and grab a purse, which he used to help locate the suspect’s home. The suspect is easily identifiable on the video. The Mayor, Claycord’s publisher noted, “he looked so familiar that I checked Claycord’s archives and sure enough, I had posted another security video of what appears to be the same man stealing a package in 2012!” It was the same man. The theft happened at around 4pm on Friday, September 25 and was posted on Claycord.com on Saturday. By close of Monday, the video had been viewed on the claycord.com over 100,000 times. The video has since been viewed on Claycord’s You Tube channel over 600,000 times. Through the services of Viral Hog, even the folks in London viewed it over 1 million times on UK
to cook more evenly. We do hope you will come visit us at www.FrugElegance.com to check out more Fall favorite pumpkin recipes like our Pumpkin Pie Minis & our Pumpkin Spice Chip Oatmeal Bars! Remember to go to comment section at the bottom of any post and share your thoughts. We’d love to hear from you!
Daily Mail. Not bad for a local website. If you haven’t seen the video, these photos show the story, but you can easily find the video on Diablo Gazette Facebook page or with Claycord search bar. Concord Police Corporal Christopher Blakely cautions people against taking action personally, or they could put themselves at risk from the thieves. He said: ‘That is very dangerous. For safety reasons, I always recommend calling the police.’ The comments on Claycord from this story’s post reveal that there is a great public satisfaction in watching karma in action and even more satisfaction when readers are able to help police identify and find a suspect. In this case, a Claycord reader, having seen the images, spotted Mr. Price in North Concord and notified the police. He was soon arrested.