Chocolate Castles

  • Italian Brunch Torte

    I had a hard time deciding which if the two new recipes that I found over the weekend, taken once again from Taste of Home. If you even just want a magazine that gives you pretty much nothing but good, down home, (boy do I sound like a real “hick” or what) food, Taste of… Read more

  • Mini Van Sightings

    It is getting serious, my daughter has informed me that she has enrolled Caleb for yet another (yes, this will be his 3rd) week of vacation Bible School next week. The sleepy little town of Gilbert, AZ is now having the words “VBS is full….cannot accept anymore children)” put out on their church signs all… Read more

  • Chocolate Cherry Cola Cake

    Taken from the summer issue of Taste of Home, this cake got great reviews last night when I took it to a dinner party. Before leaving home, I ate 4 cupcakes I had made with some of the batter, just to try it out, of course. Because of the marshmallows and cherry coke, the cake… Read more

  • NBF (new blogger friends)

    I am so excited. The past couple of weeks, a lady from Atlanta began to follow my blog and has commented several times on different postings from chocolatecastles.com. As I began to reply to her, she would send back more of her ideas that she posts on her blog. She is one talented lady with… Read more

  • VBS Is A Life Saver

    My daughter called this morning on her way home from dropping Caleb, our 3 year old grandson off at Vacation Bible School. I asked her, ‘oh I thought he went last week to VBS” and she politely told me he did, but this was another one.  In the sweetest little voice she could muster, she… Read more

  • FYI Butter Tips

    Just finished baking the pink lemonade cookies I posted a few minutes ago and am including a picture of them. I ended up rolling the tops in colored sugar to add “sparkle”. Just wanted to mention that any time you are using any type of box mix to begin a recipe, always use unsalted butter… Read more