Chocolate Castles

  • Bacon It Right

    Yesterday on Face Book, (and of course if it is on FB you know it is true!) I watched a video of the correct way to fry bacon. Since our grandson, Sevy is addicted to bacon and always check to see if we have it on hand before he says he will come over, I… Read more

  • Before & After

    Jodi, our daughter just called and warned us (that was her word, not mine) that her before and after pics would be put on Face Book probably today of her before  and after she began exercising. She said that she hoped it wouldn’t embarrass us to see her on FB dressed in a bathing suit… Read more

  • Chocolate-Caramel Banana Ice Cream Pie

    The flavor of caramel-chocolate & banana is one of the all time favorite flavor combinations. Taken from the new Food Net Work magazine, this will become a permanent recipe in my dessert folder. Crust 8 chocolate graham cracker sheets 5 tables unsalted butter, at room temperature 2 tables sugar 1 tables vanilla extract (1 tables,… Read more

  • A Season of Change

    One year ago today, Randy and I both knew that our time in California was over. We were being called to leave. When his job was alleviated in early December, we began to pray and ask God what He wanted for us. We had no desire to leave California, as it had quickly become such… Read more

  • Hazelnut Chocolate Cake

    I guess you can tell that I’m in my cake mode. I get in cookie mode, pie modes and now cake. I have one piece left of the Tuxedo cake and am saving it for tonight to eat during The Good Wife. But this cake, (once again, thank you Paula Deen) well…I will be making… Read more

  • Chocolate Tuxedo Cake

    This truly is my favorite cake. I know I say that about several cakes, but really, this time I mean it. If I knew that I could only have one piece of cake before the doctor told me I couldn’t have any cake the rest of my life, it would be this one. I made… Read more