Talk about a surprisingly good coffee cake, this is it. When I first read this recipe, it didn’t grab me as all that good. I had been given some ripe bananas to use up and I wanted to bake something really different with them to feature here on line. After looking through most of my cook books I came back to this recipe. What is really unique about this single layer coffee cake is it has oatmeal added to the batter. The oatmeal with the bananas give the cake a wonderful moist texture to it. The crumb top adds a crunch to it that make this a special treat that will have family and friends asking for more.

“Whoo…Whoo,,,ooo. Little pumpkins sitting on a fence.” When my daughter was young she would quote a Halloween poem that she learned in school. Only she would forget most of it so she would just make it up while she played. We would hear her singing it to herself after we put her to bed at night during the month of October in anticipation of Trick or Treat.

Hee-he-hee-ee. Come over to the dark side because we have cookies for Halloween.

I got the impression that our Mr Day has been enjoying corn-on-the-cob that has been in our markets late spring.  So I am going to pass on to him and dag readers a wonderful brush on butter that can add a little zest to corn.  There are many ways that this butter can be spiced up to your personal taste.  It is just a matter of looking in the spice cupboard at your favorite spices that you have on hand.  It also gives new life to frozen corn-on-the-cob.

Part Two Making Due for Christmas