Easy cream puffs filled with whipped cream and topped with melted chocolate or ganache
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All in Chocolate
Easy cream puffs filled with whipped cream and topped with melted chocolate or ganache
Easy classic chocolate sheet cake, that can easily be made lactose-free. This chocolate cake with luscious chocolate buttercream frosting can be made into cupcakes or a layer cake, and will scratch anyone’s chocolate cake itch.
I love Christmastime for the lights, the festivities, the togetherness, the panettone and the pudding, the glitter and the glogg.
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, it’s been a long year. A year in which time slowed down to a stand-still
Stella and I safely and soundly arrived in Boston just in time for Thanksgiving. It would be our first at home, the first time my mother would make the stuffing and the pies.
I’m going to be trite here, but life goes on. A new semester has begun. Our house has sold. And our tiny, new baby daughter?
When I was pregnant with Stella, I completely lost my sweet tooth. I just wanted, as you may recall, pizza and pasta and pizza covered in pizza.
I have a friend who sends me mix CD’s, aprons and hand-written letters in the mail. She has a laugh that fills up the room, and a singing voice that has brought me to tears.
In preparation from our two-month stay, my mother stocked up on mascarpone. And by stocked up, I mean she purchased all the mascarpone this side of the Atlantic.
Life is very sweet at the moment. There are the thigh rolls, the hiccups, the squeaks and squawks, the first little smiles. So much sweetness I can hardly sleep at night lest I miss a few moments of staring in wonder.
I’d never live in Kansas, dye my hair, name my child after him, or stop cracking my fingers. I’d never wear high heels in the snow (unless I wanted to) or redirect my moral compass
The Black Beast. I think that’s a perfect name for A. the virus I just told you about and B. this ganache-laden flourless chocolate cake.
Sorry to be just popping in briefly but pots and pans are a’flying here at chez shortlists. The lack of updating just means we’ve been indulging in favorites old and new, busy seeing family and friends
There are few things I compete with for Francesco’s attention. One of them is steak. Another is books. Another is street performers (cannot. pull. him. away.)
While we do have different standards when it comes to lots of things, Francesco and I both put this cake in our respective Top 3 Cakes of All Time lists. And you know what? Everyone who’s ever tried it probably has too.
Here’s a sentiment you’re not apt to come across very often: no more chocolate cake.
A warning to my loyal readers (all 8 of you): The Chocolate Cake Project I didn’t know I signed up for has reached an end.
Normally, this would be a very straightforward endeavor, with the birthday boy choosing his cake and me baking it. But my friend is no normal boy.
Some days making a cake (let alone getting off the couch) seems like the biggest chore.