"Tis the Season...To Cook! Pumpkin Spice Cake for Your Pleasure

It's been a while since I last blogged; life can do that to a girl.  But here is my promise to all of my twelve faithful followers:  Now that Halloween candy and costumes are past; now that the new job is somewhat in hand; now that all birthdays are done; and now that I can catch my breath for five minutes at a time, I, your humble parent, will be putting up easy recipes for THE SEASON. 

What with parties, school gatherings, family, and other things that require gluttony, I am going to post recipes that can be mixed up and put together for THE SEASON, beginning with:

Pumpkin Spice Cake and Honey Frosting
So here's the deal with this recipe:  It's a cake or a bread.  It can be for dessert, breakfast, or burnch.  It even soothes the savage toddler or husband (when T comes home and smells this cooking, he is pretty geeked).  The frosting can be used as a spread, as well. 
Is this good for low carb?  No.  For low fat?  Ummmm...not even close. 
Is this a good recipe?  You betcha.  It takes ten minutes to put together.  Then sit back, drink a cup of tea, and watch the Hallmark Channel while your family salivates.

Ingredients:
1 Stick Butter, melted
2.5 Cups All Purpose Flour (you can also mix with whole wheat flour, too)
2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
.5 Teaspoons Salt
2 Tablespoon Pumkim Pie Spice
2 Large Eggs
1.5 Cups Sugar
1 Can Solid Packe Pumkin Puree (or just the stuff you use for pumkin pie)

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 F
In a medium bowl, mix flour, soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice
In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, butter, and canned pumkin (NO beater neccessary) until smooth
Add dry ingredients to the pumkin mixture
Turn batter into prepared pan (loaf pan or a 9" square pan)
Bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 45-50 minutes
If putting into a bread pan, cook for 75-80 minutes
Cool for ten minutes in pan and then turn out on a rack.

Frosting/Spread
1 Stick Butter, softened
1 Package Cream Cheese, softened
.25 Cups Honey
Directions
Beat together until smooth (you do need a beater for this part) 

So if you do a bread, use the cream cheese stuff as a spread.

YUMMY, quick, and easy. 
I can't guarantee that the other recipes will be this simple, but I will do my best.