Celebrate harvest time with this tempting spice cake topped with sweet, creamy maple frosting and lots of nuts and fruits.

What you need:

1 package (18 1/4 ounces) spice or carrot cake mix
1 cup water
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup apple butter
Maple Buttercream Frosting (recipe follows)
2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
1/4 cup chopped almonds
2 tablespoons chopped dried apricots
2 tablespoons chopped dried cranberries*
2 tablespoons raisins

*If dried cranberries are unavailable use additional chopped dried apricots and raisins.

Preheat oven to 375F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
Combine cake mix, …

Thanksgiving Pilgrim Cupcakes

These homemade Thanksgiving Pilgrim Cupcakes are easy to make and take to your child’s Thanksgiving class party, scouts meeting, or have as special treats for the young ones on Thanksgiving. The cone is the hat, you just add the black band and yellow buckle to turn it into a Pilgrim Hat!
What you need:

cake mix and ingredients for baking
waffle ice-cream cones
icing
muffin tin
black paper
yellow paper

What to do:

Prepared a cake mix and fill ice-cream cones a little more than halfway with the batter
Stand the cones in muffin tins and bake them according to …