Four Layer Pumpkin Cake

This year for Thanksgiving as an alternative to the traditional pumpkin pie, I decided to go for a "lighter" ( lighter is really a relative term, there is still plenty of bad stuff in this folks) dessert for the awesome turkey dinner that my mom made.

A thin slice of this pumpkin cake hit the spot after dinner...Here's the recipe. Now, I chose to leave off the carmel and pecans as it just makes this way to heavy. My boss made this cake a few weeks ago and brought it to work, she said the same thing, but you know what you would like.

Going for something festive to decorate the cake...these are orange slices, cranberries, and orange leaves. We have this amazing market here called Paul's Fruit Market, and I found the oranges with the leaves still on them...way too pretty not to use!

Pippa and Phoebe did really well on the journey north. They even sat next to each other!

Etsy (what's Etsy stand for anyway? Anyone? Anyone? )

I've been taken over by the painting bug....the dineing room table is an absolute wreck. Dirty water, paints, and "inspiration" photos are everywhere. At work I find myself thinking up the next painting and subsequently not thinking about what I should be thinking about...work. As some of you have seen I've started putting some of my paintings up on Etsy and am finding it addictive! I use to be one of those people who checked their email every five seconds...now I'm checking to see how many hits I'm getting on my Etsy shop. Is it wrong that I get excited when someone "favorites" me? It's like I'm 6 years old all over again...THEY LIKE ME, THEY REALLY LIKE ME!

It's a sickness.