I think the only thing I'll miss about the East Coast is the foliage. Since pretty much everything in CA is Evergreen, you don't get to see too many fall colors. I was up in Shelton, CT this past weekend to take a break from the city.
One of my college friends is from Connecticut and his parents let me stay with them. As a good house guest, I wanted to bring them some Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins made by yours truly. However, I didn't have a muffin pan. So I baked it in a cake pan and voilà!
Muffin-cake!
Yup, that's the phrase I coined. Muffin-cake. Ha! And it was damn good! It's basically pumpkin bread with a filling made of cream cheese, lemon peel, and an egg. It's a really good combination that I highly recommend! But I did end up getting a muffin pan while I was in CT because we were wandering around a mall and I found one for $10. Yay! Although I probably will make muffin-cake again in the future just because I like to say the word "muffin-cake". ;0)
