
The thing I love most about living in New England is the way pumpkin spice flavors return every fall. They are introduced every year like an announcement: Fall is here! It’s a season ritual no different from Halloween or Thanksgiving. Then the momentum builds, and pumpkin spice coffees and pastries appear everywhere from farmers markets to supermarkets. Our friend Carolyn marks the occasion with a Facebook post of her first pumpkin spice coffee of the season. I marked the occasion myself this year, with this layered gluten-free and dairy-free pumpkin cake, inspired by a post by Olivia of liv for cake. My husband – a lifelong New Englander – calls it “autumn on a plate.”
ENJOY!