New name, new purpose!

NEW BLOG NAME....NEW BLOG PURPOSE! Well, since I never seemed to be able to write anything about my life or what was going on in it, I decided to share one of my passions.... COOKING/BAKING! I have been a cooking machine the past few weeks or so and I have always loved to bake! I wish I would have started this blog a little sooner because I have made several delicious dishes lately (you can ask my husband for verification) that I would have loved to share! But it's never too late and today it hit me! So that brings me to my "first" blog!

Tuesday was Trick-or-Treat in Ashland and for anyone who lives here or has been watching the news knows that THANKS TO SANDY we had some early snow along with very cold weather, wind, and rain! Needless to say we didn't have many trick-or-treaters and a lot of Halloween candy left over! No, I'm not opposed to eating the whole bowl of candy by myself, but I wanted to find something a little different for it! I got on my trusty computer and logged on to may favorite site-Pinterest- and searched for it....."Halloween Candy Cake". I had several hits BUT only found one that I knew would be perfect for my vision! I printed out the recipe and got started.....

Gather all the ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, eggs, sugar, butter, va. extract, milk, candy

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy Add the egg and egg whites and mix until fully combined.  Add the milk and vanilla extract, continue to mix until fully combined. Add dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.  Fold in chopped candy.

 Pour batter into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Halfway through baking....

AND THE FINISH PRODUCT..........

 Leftover Halloween Candy Vanilla Bundt Cake
Fond on The Noble Pig

2 cups all purpose flour plus more for tossing in candy
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg, room temperature
2 egg whites, room temperature
3/4 cup whole milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-3/4 cup Halloween candy, chopped
Powdered sugar, optional

Here's the candy I used:  Whoppers, chocolate-peanut butter eyeballs, M&M's, Butterfinger, Snowcaps, Milk Duds, Nestle Crunch Bars, Milky Way, Snickers and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

I chopped up all the candy with the exception of the M&M's and Snowcaps, I left those whole.  I used 1-3/4 cups chopped candy.  I also tossed my candy in all-purpose flour in the hopes it would help it not all sink to the bottom of the pan.  I think it worked and also helped separate pieces that were stuck together.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

Cream butter and sugar until fluffy; about 3 minutes.  Add the egg and egg whites and mix until fully combined.  Add the milk and vanilla extract, continue to mix until fully combined.

Add dry ingredients and mix until incorporated but do not overmix.  Fold in chopped candy.

Pour batter into a greased and floured bundt pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let the cake cool completely on a wire rack before removing from the pan.

Dust with powdered sugar if you choose.