Cooking
It was my mother-in-law's birthday this past weekend. She's very good about eating healthy, but she's never said 'no' to something from my oven.
Matt drummed it into my head fairly early on that his mom loves chocolate. So, what better excuse...I mean, reason...to make a chocalate cake than a birthday?
I used the same recipe from the Dulce De Leche-Filled Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting, with a vanilla buttercream frosting and a chocolate ganache, made with almost twelve ounces of dark chocolate (3:1 77%/70%).
I decorated with crystalized violets.
Let's just say that the cake went over well!
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Cooking
Total Decadence
It was my mother-in-law's birthday this past weekend. She's very good about eating healthy, but she's never said 'no' to something from my oven.
Matt drummed it into my head fairly early on that his mom loves chocolate. So, what better excuse...I mean, reason...to make a chocalate cake than a birthday?
I used the same recipe from the Dulce De Leche-Filled Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting, with a vanilla buttercream frosting and a chocolate ganache, made with almost twelve ounces of dark chocolate (3:1 77%/70%).
I decorated with crystalized violets.
Let's just say that the cake went over well!
- Under "likes": Chocolate
She said she liked chocolate. So I gave her chocolate. A double-dark chocolate cake, topped with a thick & shiny ganache and Jackson Pollocked-white chocolate. 'Paisley' shaped cake....
- Post-oscar Decadence
Of all the nominations, I've only seen...two?...of the films. Ratatouille and Michael Clayton. Which is probably a higher number than past years. We decided to have a sort of 'decadence' dinner. Nothing too fancy, just foods we really enjoy....
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