Chocolate Castles

  • 2 Days before Thanksgiving and Counting

    This is the most wonderful time of the year! Days are cooler, ovens are baking and families are gathering. We are reminded just how blessed we are in so many ways. Devotion books remind us, preachers remind us, commercials on radio and tv remind us, but the ultimate reminder is when we receive a phone… Read more

  • Setting Up For Christmas on Saturday

    We might have overdone it just a little this year. We just returned from storage where we piled as many Christmas boxes as we possibly could in our Mercedes Pickup, knowing all the while that it would take us probably 5-6 trips to get all the “Christmas Treasures”,or as Frosty calls it,”Christmas Stuff” from the… Read more

  • Friday With Friends

    Tomorrow night, we are having some friends over for dinner. With the cooler weather here, Randy requested that we have Swiss Steak with tomato gravy over mashed potatoes, so that is what we will be having. This is a great dish for company because you can put it in the crock pot and just let… Read more

  • Not Your Mothers Pumpkin Pie

    1 9″ pie shell (deep dish) 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk 2 eggs 1 teas pumpkin pie spice Mix pumpkin, milk,eggs, and seasoning in a large bowl until smooth. Pour into pie crust on large foil-lined baking sheet. Bake in preheated 425 oven 15 min. Reduce oven temp… Read more

  • Big Bear Lake, Here We Come

    This is the greatest place….2 hours and you can go from crowded city to the mountains where snow awaits us. Some friends from church have invited us to their home up at Big Bear Lake, where the weather reports say that it was 19 degrees today with snow expected again over the weekend. Well, as… Read more

  • Chewy Chocolate Raspberry Cake

    Well, I couldn’t do it. I could not figure out how to post the picture of the cake. So right now, take my word for it, it is a beautiful cake and makes a gorgeous presentation on your dessert table for any occasion. 3 cups sugar 3 sticks of butter, melted 4 eggs 1 tables… Read more