Tag Archives: chocolate

24 Sep, 2009

Chocolate & Banana Muffins

My sister and niece arrived for their first visit to our new house last Tuesday. If you've ever met my sister and shared a meal with her, one thing becomes clear very quickly: the girl has an otherworldly relationship with chocolate. Once, we went to P.F. Chang's for dinner. She thought the food was alright, but when it came time for dessert and she ordered their “Great Wall of Chocolate”, well, let's just say there were several moments where she channeled Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. It really was indecent, and even more so when she ordered a second piece to take home with her. While doing a bit of a StumbleUpon, I happened on a recipe for [...]

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05 May, 2009

Gaga’s Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

I know what you're thinking. Mayonnaise?! In cake? But I promise, it really is fantastic. A couple months back, I asked my Nan to pass me this recipe. It wasn't hers, it was my grandfather's. I hadn't eaten it since before he died, three years ago. When I first made it after receiving the recipe, I had an epiphany. This is the reason that all other chocolate cakes I've tasted fall flat with me. This cake recipe defines chocolate cake for me. Maybe because it was the chocolate cake of my childhood, or maybe because the mayonnaise and coffee marry to bring out the flavor of the chocolate in fantastic and unexpected ways. All I know is when I'm craving [...]

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20 May, 2008

Butterscotch Brownies

Brownies themselves are the stuff of lunchroom bake sales and hot July afternoons, paired with an ice cold glass of fresh lemonade. But I'll tell ya, you don't need no stinkin' box to make brownies. It's just as easy to make brownies with all the pantry standards you already have in stock. And then there's butterscotch. Heck yeah. It's the stuff dreams are made of. But combine it with chocolate, woooh boy – you've got yourself a new kind of wonderful. For this entry, I used your bog standard 8 x 8 baking pans, but if you want something truly special, check out this little beauty. Whoever thought that sucker up is a GENIUS, I tell you! (I wish it [...]

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