msc bonus: applesauce spice cupcakes
The wonderful Miss Sherry of Sherry Starts Cooking suggested a bonus round and picked Applesauce-Spice Cupcakes on page 55. I have not used applesauce in dessert recipes before, but I have heard great things about applesauce. For example, applesauce in brownies. I know, sounds weird, but it tastes fantastic!I was looking forward to ma

twd: apple crisp
Again, another great fall dessert, Em of The Repressed Pastry Chef selected Cran-Apple Crisps on page 422 but I am one of the few people who do not like cranberry unless it's in the form of a cosmopolitan, so I modified it to be just a plain apple crisp. Nothing fancy but oh so good.

msc: candied sweet potato cupcakes
The lovely Karen from Karen's Cookies, Cakes, & More chose Candied Sweet Potato Cupcakes on page 243 and I was thrilled. Since recently discovering the deliciousness of white sweet potatoes, I had another chance to make them again.

twd: sugar-topped molasses spice cookies
Thanks to Pamela of Cookies with Boys for choosing the Sugar-Topped Molasses Spice Cookies on pages 76 and 77. What a great recipe for Fall and I was totally in the mood for cookies this week, too.

twd tweaked: chocolate rum cake with ganache
 How fitting, the hubs and I are both craving chocolate and my New Orleans Saints are playing on Monday Night. Perfect timing. Time to make some chocolate cake. I made so many cupcakes last Halloween weekend, I was ready to just have a simple chocolate cake with plain ganache frosting. OK, maybe ganache WITH rum. You have to like that!