Chocolate Castles

  • Blogger’s Cookie Swap

    Just received my first dozen cookies from a food blogger. Ginger cookies, with fresh candied ginger. AMAZING!!!! From a blogger in North Carolina and oh how I wish she would have included her info so I could thank her for sending some of the best Christmas cookies EVER!!!! I sent my 3 dozen off today.… Read more

  • Red Velvet Marble Bundt Cake

    Just returning from seeing some of our kids in Florida, I am feeling in the Christmas spirit. This cake is in the new SL magazine and will certainly be just the perfect dessert after you have finished decorating the tree. 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup shortening 2 1/2 cups sugar 6 large eggs 3… Read more

  • A Florida Thanksgiving

    We are here visiting our kids in Orlando. We Probably won’t be asked back until their memories allow them to forget what it’s like to have seniors come for the holidays. I feel like we are living the Griswalds Christmas Vacation movie, minus the Christmas tree. Since our arrival on Wednesday evening, we have witnessed… Read more

  • Frosty Cancels Storage Unit

    Frosty has decided that if we just line up the boxes that hold all of our Christmas treasures, all along the walls of our house, we can save money by cancelling our storage unit. Right now, I’m not feeling like Frosty is one of my blessings! if our house gets broken into, the burglar would… Read more

  • Pumpkin Cranberry Cheesecake

    Quite a few years ago, at a bookstore in Dallas, there was this little paperback titled, “Holiday Celebrations Cookbook” on a table for $1.00. I bought all they had. I’ve given all of them away except I kept one as the recipes in it are really so good and some of them very unusual. This… Read more

  • Thanksgiving Observance

    As Thanksgiving Day quickly approaches, kitchens will be busy, tables will be filled with loved ones (and maybe a few not quite as easily to love) and families will be gathering. Remembering those who live miles away, and those we serve our country and cannot be gathered together with families, this poem will remind us that we… Read more