Weekend Recap with Pumpkin French Toast

This weekend was nothing short of perfect! 

Friday night we headed up to Ocean City for the 2011 Seagull Century bike ride. The boys signed up for a 100 mile bike ride to support our alma mater, Salisbury University and so many other amazing charities including the Alzheimer's Association, Habitat for Humanity, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and local non-profits!

We had a great time relaxing, crafting, drinking, beaching and much more! Here are a few photos to take you through our weekend!

After watching Bridesmaids and eating breakfast, the girls went for a walk on the beach

We ran into this lil sand crab

Lots of champagne and sparkling moscato were consumed. This is my favorite bottle!

I had all the girls make their own chalkboard base wine glasses for the weekend! See my how-to here.

We also made washer bracelets! Here is mine with my amazing birthday present from CL.

The girls picnicking at the finish line. Wine, fruit and crafts!

 Some of the boys crossing the finish line.

Champions!

 Me and CL. I was so proud of him! He had only biked 50 miles before and only started race biking 2 months ago. I was jumping up and down like crazy when I saw him come in!

Ready to go out and celebrate.

The girls with their friendship bracelets (ha!) and glow stick bracelets I picked up at Michaels.

As promised, below is the Pumpkin French Toast recipe I made this weekend! 

Pumpkin Pie French Toast:

Recipe/Photo Adapted and Modified from Closet Cooking

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1/3 cup milk

1/3 cup pure pumpkin puree

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon baileys caramel liquor (optional)

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

3 tablespoons brown sugar

10 pieces of bread

Directions:

Combine all ingredients (except bread) together in shallow bowl. Dredge bread in mixture on both sides. Cook in a buttered medium high pan until both sides have browned.

I served these with syrup and powdered sugar! 

I'll put up the Pumpkin Fruit Dip recipe this week and the Washer Bracelet tutorial tomorrow!

Seagull Century Weekend Plans

Another weekend is approaching fast and I am welcoming it with open arms. Who wakes up on a Friday and says, "UGH, Friday already?" 

Yeah. Nobody. We all love the weekend!

Last night I pre-made pumpkin cupcakes, pumpkin fruit dip and a Mediterranean pasta salad. The pumpkin cupcakes were for my friend at work whose birthday is Saturday... Happy Birthday Lindsay! Of course the boys racing in the Seagull Century will be enjoying these as well :)

I've mentioned on the blog that you can substitute applesauce in baking recipes for oil/butter. BUT did you know that you can substitute canned pure pumpkin too?!

I followed my cake recipe (regular vanilla boxed cake): 1 and 1/3 cup water, 3 eggs and substituted the 1/3 cup of oil for 1/3 cup of pure pumpkin and added a teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.

These cupcakes were so moist! The pumpkin was the perfect addition and I topped the cupcake with chocolate icing and a pumpkin candy.

It's so nice to work in advertising where there are actual cameras which make your food look amazing, instead of taking photos with my phone and digital camera.

As you can see it's a rainy day here in Baltimore.

This weekend my boyfriend and his friends are running in the Seagull Century. The girlfriends are tagging along to hold up posters... and drink wine.

You didn't really think we were going up there just to be cheerleaders did you?

I have the task of making breakfast and bringing games/crafts while we picnic and the other girls are bringing the snacks and lunch. I'm excited to share the recipes with you this weekend!

Expect to see a full recap of our shenanigans! 

Have a good Friday!

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