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Oct 22

Oct 22 Recipe. You Won't Want to Miss This!

Pumpkin Cake Squares

Holidays are so much based on traditions, but personally, my family was not really known for its Thanksgiving recipes. We typically did a hearty pasta dish, followed by a turkey soup, made with tiny meatballs, and finally the American turkey feast, which I was never crazy about. I was never a big fan of pumpkin pie either, so my mom found a pumpkin cake recipe from Woman’s Day magazine that she would make for me and I have made on Thanksgiving ever since because it’s delicious and easy!

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 cup Canned Pure Pumpkin

½ cup canola or vegetable oil

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

Frosting

¾ cup confectioners sugar

¼ cup cream cheese

2 tbsp. butter, softened

½ tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9” square pan

In a mixing bowl, beat sugar and eggs on medium speed for 2 minutes. Beat in the pumpkin and oil. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; beat for 1 minute.

Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.

Prepare frosting. Mix at a low speed for 2 minutes – confectioners sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Frost cake when cooled.

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Donna Wetjen

Donna grew up on Long Island, the youngest child of two deaf parents. Her childhood was somewhat of a role reversal as she was the person who communicated with the outside world and made sure her parents were okay and not being taken advantage of. Donna believes that witnessing and experiencing the cruelty and discrimination toward people who are “different” shaped her into the compassionate person she is today.

Starting in banking at 16, Donna worked her way up the corporate ladder from Bank Teller to Director of Branch Operations for an East End bank. This position allowed her to feed one of her passions - writing - as she managed many of the Bank’s policies and procedures. Banking did not however, do much for Donna’s other great passions – rescuing animals and cooking.

Feeling lost and alone after her mother passed away from breast and ovarian cancer, on a whim and in the throes of grief, she and her husband sold their LI home and moved to a little house on 17 acres in the rural mountains of North Carolina. Here Donna was able to begin to feed her other passions, as they started a small hobby farm with mostly rescued animals of every variety including sheep, mini-horses, chickens, dogs, cats and a blind chicken named Winky. Shortly after moving there, Donna was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a grueling year-long regimen of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, Donna is happily cancer-free, but forever changed. She now spends her time nourishing all of the things that make her soul happy. She has a small organic garden and has learned the fine art of canning. She spends a good deal of time making up, changing or combining recipes to test on her husband, with considerable success. Donna is currently in the process of writing 2 books based upon her experiences with both cancer and rescuing animals. Donna loves her volunteer work at the county shelter and rescue organization, and is proud of her lifetime of advocacy that began as a child in support of her parents and continues today through her rescue and volunteer work.