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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.
- World Dulce De Leche Day---dark Chocolate Turtle Cupcakes
My contribution to World Dulce de Leche day; double-dark chocolate cupcakes filled with glorious dulce de leche, topped with a dark chocolate ganache, pin-striped with more dulce de leche & finally topped with chopped, toasted pecans. You know you...
- Apples? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Apples!
Forget the shiny red apple as a teacher gift. For Alex's preschool teacher's birthday, we gave cake. I call it 'The Turtle Cake', for what I hope are obvious reasons. Two (square) layers of a seriously dense chocohlate cake, smothered...
- Salutations And Congratulations
My father-in-law recently celebrated two events: his sixty-ninth birthday, and his retirement from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. My mother-in-law wondered if I would make a cake...? Of course I would Another recipe from Perfect Cakes, I made...
- Trial And Error
Or, When a recipe goes wrong. Last week, I made a White Chocolate Pound Cake. I just felt like baking one. I carefully followed the directions, as I (almost) always do. Melted chocolate in the cake, as well as white chocolate layered with the batter:...
- Double Dark Chocolate Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Filling
Want one?? Dark chocolate cupcakes, filled with a sweet and creamy peanut butter; then topped with a shiny chocolate ganache, and a tiny peanut butter rosette. And it gives me a chance to use my Waterford crystal tiered serving tray!!...
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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.
- World Dulce De Leche Day---dark Chocolate Turtle Cupcakes
My contribution to World Dulce de Leche day; double-dark chocolate cupcakes filled with glorious dulce de leche, topped with a dark chocolate ganache, pin-striped with more dulce de leche & finally topped with chopped, toasted pecans. You know you...
- Apples? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Apples!
Forget the shiny red apple as a teacher gift. For Alex's preschool teacher's birthday, we gave cake. I call it 'The Turtle Cake', for what I hope are obvious reasons. Two (square) layers of a seriously dense chocohlate cake, smothered...
- Salutations And Congratulations
My father-in-law recently celebrated two events: his sixty-ninth birthday, and his retirement from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. My mother-in-law wondered if I would make a cake...? Of course I would Another recipe from Perfect Cakes, I made...
- Trial And Error
Or, When a recipe goes wrong. Last week, I made a White Chocolate Pound Cake. I just felt like baking one. I carefully followed the directions, as I (almost) always do. Melted chocolate in the cake, as well as white chocolate layered with the batter:...
- Double Dark Chocolate Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Filling
Want one?? Dark chocolate cupcakes, filled with a sweet and creamy peanut butter; then topped with a shiny chocolate ganache, and a tiny peanut butter rosette. And it gives me a chance to use my Waterford crystal tiered serving tray!!...