Chocolate Castles

  • Oven-Fried Chicken

    2 large eggs, beaten 2 cups panko bread crumbs 1/2 cup flour 1/2 teas celery salt 1/2 teas garlic salt 1/2 teas cayenne pepper 4 large skinless, boneless chicken thighs, lightly pounded*(I use 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, which I have pounded slightly between two sheets of waxed paper) 1/2 cup oil Place a rimmed… Read more

  • Chocolate Velvet Pound Cake

    A dear friend of mine gave me a new Southern Living Cookbook for my birthday and every recipe in it is “chocolate”. So since friends are coming over tonight for dinner, I decided to make the “chocolate Velvet Pound Cake”. Randy and I both had to slice into it while it was still hot and… Read more

  • If Only

    During my Bible study this morning, I read a portion of Isaiah which talked about all of our “if only’s”. I began to give God excuses of why I had not completed a task which I know He has asked me to do and that is to finish the cookbook. I have used every excuse… Read more

  • Company For Dinner

    Company is coming for dinner, so I got the pot roast in (it’s on the last page of the “meat” category) and just made an ice cream pie for dessert since it is so hot outside and we are having a pretty heavy meal for dinner, roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, corn and hot rolls. The… Read more

  • Chocolate Coffee Pound Cake with Truffles

    Chocolate Coffee Truffle Cake Oh Boy, this cake was amazing and so pretty! I took this to gathering on Sunday night and it was really fabulous. The men and women alike really loved it. I just made a Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Cake mix according to the directions on the box that makes it into… Read more

  • I’m Back

    After 10 long days of not writing, it is so good to be back at the computer and writing. Our air has been broken and it was just too hot to sit in at the computer to write. So any email I did was from my phone sitting in the den. Well, we have had… Read more