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Posts Tagged ‘chocolate’

Chocolate Covered Toffee

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

This recipe is a first for me, it is the first time I was successful making candy. The last time I tried boiling sugar I burned it. I burned it badly. I actually had to throw away the pot because the sugar had scorched the bottom. This time around I did not leave the room, [...]

Marbled Chocolate Banana Cake

Monday, November 9th, 2009

My children love helping me in the kitchen. They both like to help with the cleaning and the cooking, I’m lucky. Sasha has started figuring out that certain foods combined together can make a specific dish. When I grab celery, carrots, and onions she asks if I am making soup. If I put a big [...]

My First Daring Baker’s Challenge

Monday, April 28th, 2008

I’ve joined Daring Bakers! At the end of each month I watch my Google Reader with much anticipation waiting to see what that month’s challenge was and the beautiful photos that accompany the delicious recipes. Each month I tell myself, “well I could have baked that”. Baking isn’t my strong point, I don’t have a [...]

I love you with all my heart cake!

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Lately it seems like I have the best intentions of writing, I just never follow through with them. Ugh! My goal is to post something more often. I have so many recipes and photos of different food that I haven’t posted yet. This weekend I was really ambitious, I made homemade doughnuts, that is going [...]

Giant Crunchy Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Sasha all bundled up. It has been extremely cold here in Iowa. We have received about 10 inches or more of snow in the last five days. This morning when I woke up it was -17 and with the wind chill it felt like -30. BRR that is really cold. Needless to say, Marley does [...]

Christmas Baking and Candy Making

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Sunday evening Alex, the girls and I started a family tradition (hopefully). ‘Tis the season to stuff ourselves with sugary treats. We put on some Tchaikovsky and let Sasha dance away while we made Christmas treats. Alex dipped pretzels in vanilla almond bark and I whipped up some chocolate creme de menthe cookies. When I [...]