Chocolate Castles

  • Vacation Blues & Bloating

    We just returned last night from a month of being in California and Arizona. What a wonderful time we had…but we are back to reality of grocery shopping, washing clothes and going through piles of mail. As we drove through Arizona and New Mexico, we had lots of time to reflect on this past year… Read more

  • Apple Cake

    We are hangin (trying to sound like a true valley girl) out in California waiting for cooler weather to arrive in Texas before going back. Randy is going ahead and buying our burial plots here as he doesn’t think that will ever happen. Anyhow, going thrierough a friends stack of cookbooks I just found this… Read more

  • Chimichurri Sauce

    We are at some of our precious friends home for a couple of days out here in California. Last night they treated us to amazing grilled steaks with this awesome sauce. Dee is kind enough to share recipes with me and when she showed me this recipe, I knew that I would be making this… Read more

  • Orange Pound Cake (taken from Barefoot Contessa)

    1/2 pound unsalted butter at room temp 2 1/2 cups sugar,divided 4 extra large eggs at room temperature 1/3 cup grated orange zest (about 6 oranges) 3 cups flour 1/2 teas baking powder 1/2 teas baking soda 1 teas kosher salt 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice,divided 3/4 cup buttermilk at room temperature 1 teas… Read more

  • California Cuisine & Table Talk

    We are visiting friends here in California, where we lived for 3 years before moving to Texas. We stay with several different couples, not wanting to ruin out our welcome (which we probably did a long time ago, but they are way to nice to say anything) The memories that are made here seem to… Read more

  • Brownies for Two

    Once again, taken from Desserts for Two by Christina Lane, probably brownies are one of those “cravings” that attack more than any other. Just finished baking the Mini Sour Cream Pound Cakes and they are delicious. Randy is ready to be the official tester for all her recipes that I will be making. Some days,… Read more