Pumpkin Pie Wannabe

So, I came across this particular recipe and getting prematurely excited for Thanksgiving pie, I thought I would give it a whirl. It started off well, it's one of Paula Deen's. Fiona spent a lot of time watching the Food Network when we were housebound and Paula Deen is one of her favorites.
Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes
1 package yellow cake mix
1 egg
8T butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine the cake mix, egg, and butter and mix well with an electric mixer. Pat the mixture into the bottom of a lightly greased 13 by 9-inch baking pan. This was the intriguing part for me.

Filling:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 tablespoons butter, melted
1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
To make the filling: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth. Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter, and beat together. Next, add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix well. Spread pumpkin mixture over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Make sure not to overbake as the center should be a little gooey. I am not sure if I cooked it too long, maybe the center could've been a bit more gooey (I just spend 30 seconds trying to see if I could spell gooier, is that a word?) Anyway, it just resembled a pumpkin pie, only without the joy of a slightly salty crust. So, if you like pumpkin pie, you will enjoy this. But I just wanted the taste of pie, I think. Next time I make a version of this, I will make the peanut butter version: For a Peanut Butter Gooey Cake: Use a chocolate cake mix. Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter to the cream cheese filling instead of the pumpkin. Proceed as directed above. This sounds much wilder. I might have to make it at time when I can share with plenty of people because that sounds sort of trashy. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Welcome to My Kitchen

I love to cook, I don't like to clean. I love to eat, a lot. I eat all sorts of things. Unfortunately, my family does not. TD, my husband, likes his meat and potatoes. The only vegetables he will eat are corn, potatoes and lettuce. He hates onions with a vengeance. Buttercup is awesome, she is willing to try anything once. Fiona, has spent the last two years on chemotherapy which I think altered her taste buds, hopefully not permanently. I am trying to wean her off the love of salt. She is even more picky than TD. She will eat something this week and tell me how much she hates it next week. My sister, Moe, also lives with us. She is a big fan of my cooking, which helps a lot. I figure there shouldn't be a family out there more picky than mine, so you can come here and find things already vetted for your family. I will start with a fabulous fish dish. This is the second time I made it, apparently no one noticed it the first time I made it.

This time, Fiona ate it before everyone else was served, she doesn't even like fish. Here's Buttercup's plate:

She will eat a salad and actually enjoy it. I cooked the rice normally, but this time I cooked it with chicken broth and it tasted so much better than normal. The fish is a tilapia dish and I got the recipe off allrecipes.com, which I use a lot.
Broiled Tilapia Parmesan:
1/2cup parmesan cheese ( I used grated from the can)
1/4cup butter, softened
3T Mayo ( I use our normal lite mayo)
2T lemon juice
1/4tsp dried basil
1/4tsp ground pepper
1/8 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp celery salt
2lb tilapia filets
Preheat your oven's broiler. Grease a broiling pan or line pan with aluminum foil. In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well and set aside. Arrange fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over and broil for a couple more minutes. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned and fish flakes easily with a fork. Be careful not to over cook the fish.
I followed the recipe to the letter, including the times on the broiling.