Chocolate Castles

  • Gingerbread Cupcakes with Browned Butter Frosting

    This time of year gives us Gingerbread lattes at Starbucks and Pumpkin Spice Frappachino’s and what better treat to go along with these wonderful cups of smooth Fall flavors than a gingerbread cupcake. I found this recipe in a Food Newwork magazine and they are so good. They had them frosted with Caramelized Mango buttercream… Read more

  • Pasadena on $19.95 a Day

    Well, our stories just keep getting better and better. Let me begin at the start. Randy rented us a truck from Uhaul today to continue our clean out of the storage and we had ordered a chair and buffet from Pier 1 for the kitchen, so I would have more space to store “goodies”. We… Read more

  • Blog Bio

    Yesterday, WordPress informed me that my next post, which is this one, would be my 500th post and the blog has received 14,290 views over the past two years. I decided that instead of posting a recipe for the 500th post, that I would give you a little history of why I began this blog.… Read more

  • Chocolate Tuxedo Cake

    I have tried for 3 days to post this recipe plus including a picture of the cake, but at this point, all you will get is the recipe as I cannot figure out how to upload the pic from my phone. This cake is absolutly one of the pretties cakes I have made and it… Read more

  • Fall Comes to Orange Grove Blvd. #4

    I wish all of you could have been with Peter and Penelope Punkie (yes, we are already changing our names for Fall) this morning.Peter tells me that we are going to storage this morning to begin cleaning out and to “let” me bring home some of the Fall decorations to begin decorating our house for… Read more

  • Spinach or Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce

    This Cheese Sauce is one of the first recipes I received from a roommate back in the early 70’s. It is just so different, and good, but is so easy to make. Even if you aren’t a great gravy maker, this sauce is one that will make you proud. To make a colorful dish, you… Read more