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Family Friendly Fridays: A Review of Small Batch Baking For Chocolate Lovers

May 6, 2011 By Julie 55 Comments

Debby Maugans is my new best friend.  No I’ve never met her, but let me just say this.  Any woman that can put together a cookbook like the one she did, most certainly should qualify for best friend status.

I recently received her newest cookbook for review entailing a treasure of recipes for small batch baking.  But we’re not talking just any old recipes.  We’re talking all chocolate, all the time recipes.  With everything from strawberry chocolate tarts to chocolate chip cookie souffles to white chocolate lemon creme brulee to this beauty pictured above, the diva milk chocolate layer cake, she fills my chocolate sweet tooth like no other cookbook ever has.  And get this, it’s all done in manageable proportions.  The recipe for that cake you see above makes two of those little chocolate gifts; one for me and one for my husband.  One indulgence and that’s it.  No extra cake waiting around to taunt your waistline day after day.  Just one glorious craving fulfilled in a personal sized portion.

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Filed Under: Cake, cookbook review, Dessert, Family Friendly Fridays, Food, Other Tagged With: baking soda, butter, chocolate, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, egg yolk, flour, food, half and half, recipe, salt, Sour Cream, Sugar, vanilla, water

Irish Soda Bread

March 14, 2011 By Julie 37 Comments

Would you believe me if I told you that I had never partook in a slice of Irish Soda Bread until I cooked up this recipe?  I tell ya, this is what I love about food blogging.  It forces you to get out of your rut, off your behind, and into your kitchen.  It causes you to read Food and Wine, watch The Food Network and browse through your Citipass coupon book for recipe ideas while waiting for your child to finish up a class (Oh yes, guilty as charged.  I can tell you with complete confidence that at least a handful of recipes I’ve shared on this blog have been inspired by my child’s annual school fundraiser).  And you thought it was all about the coupons.

But back to the topic at hand.  Irish soda bread.  Why I haven’t cooked up a loaf of this bread sooner is beyond me.  It’s quick to make; think no waiting for the yeast to rise. It”s easy enough for even an amateur bread maker to put together; it’s about as simple as mixing together the ingredients, forming it into a ball, and baking it.  And the final result is a moist, flavorful bread that tastes like you spent the entire afternoon pouring your heart and soul into it.  What’s not to love?

Traditional Irish soda bread consists of four main ingredients; Flour, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk.  That’s all there is to it.  Most recipes these days fancy it up a bit with fruit, sugar, and the like.  This version is no different.  I added a little honey for sweetness and some caraway seeds just because.  Do we really have to save this recipe for St. Patrick’s day?  Because I could easily see this bread becoming a staple in our house.

Let’s get baking.

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Filed Under: Breads, Food, Uncategorized Tagged With: baking soda, butter, buttermilk, caraway seeds, eggs, flour, food, honey, recipe, salt

Family Friendly Fridays: Boston “Black Forest” Cream Pie

March 11, 2011 By Julie 25 Comments

Who wants some Boston Cream Pie?  How about some Black Forest Cake?  How about both?  Pie meet cake.  Cake meet pie.  Don’t they look happy together?  I like to think of their relationship as a little slice of heaven.

It’s been awhile since I cranked out a killer dessert so I figured it was high time.  That, and I really needed a serious hit of chocolate.  Who doesn’t every now and then?  Enter into the pie picture my friend black forest cake.  Super duper chocolaty goodness with a cherry or two thrown in for good measure.   Booyah.

Let’s review.  A Boston cream pie is typically a sponge cake with pastry cream in the middle and ganache poured over the top.  A black forest cake is a decadently chocolate cake with layers of whipped cream and cherries sandwiched between.  Cake.  Pie.  Cake. Pie.  Pake?  Cie?  Hey, call it whatever you want, I call it good and gone.  I’ve dressed this little lady up in a chocolate sponge, added cherries and cream to her middle and ganached her from head to toe.  If you thought plain ol’ Boston cream pie was good, prepare to be one up’ed.

Have I got you ready for your own little slice of pie heaven?

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Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Family Friendly Fridays, Food, Other, Pies Tagged With: baking powder, baking soda, butter, cherries, cherry juice, cocoa powder, Cornstarch, dark chocolate, Egg, Egg Yolks, flour, food, heavy cream, Milk, recipe, salt, Sugar, vanilla


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