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I’m going to San Diego tonight to have an early Thanksgiving dinner with my guy, “Guy,” and his family.

Yes, in addition to working 8-8, training for triathlons, and trying to cook most of what I eat on a daily basis, I’m maintaining a long-distance relationship with a wonderful person who’s totally worth it.

Tomorrow, I’m in charge of bringing dessert, and I fluctuated between pumpkin pies, apple crisps, apple pies, pumpkin cheesecakes … but then I stumbled upon my November 2008 issue of Bon Appetit, which had an amazing-looking recipe for Pumpkin Spice Cake with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting.

I took a shot at it, but used a recipe for regular cream cheese frosting from my trusty old Fanny Farmer cookbook.

Here’s a shot of the frosted top … a little curled orange peel for decoration, and I’m done!

In case you can’t tell, celebrations are not the time nor the place to try to be healthy, in my book.

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