Tonight I accidentally made something delicious!!! I had a boxed cake mix in the cabinet. No telling how long it had been in there but, I have been cleaning out the cabinets. So, I decided to bake it. It turned out as flat as a pancake, and as dry as dust.
So, after thinking about it, I decided to turn it into something edible. I despise waste. So, I took it and cut it into tiny squares. Since it was a chocolate cake, I decided to then mix up sugar free chocolate pudding and pour all over the top of it. Then, ta da! Dessert is served.
It was actually something VERY good, and something I would probably make time and time again. D said it was "hard to stay out of it." Usually those Weight Watchers soda cakes come out so dry and flat that this seems like a really good idea to do with any cake. Just use a different flavor of pudding for each cake.
I'm a happy girl when I can take something that is a failure and turn it into something good.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Can you make those?
Frequently my husband will see something in a grocery store or on tv, and will ask, "Can you make that?" Of course nothing inspires me like a challenge so I say, "Of course I can!!"
We were strolling through the grocery store the other day when he pointed out something in the dessert cooler. It was a bar that looked like it had many different delicious things on top of it. So, after staring it down, turning it from side to side, I decide that I can pull this off.
I came home and began researching. I found many different bizarre recipes for things that had some similarity to it. I finally decided though, that nothing matched what I wanted. So, I created a bar topped with coconut, condensed milk, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, and walnuts. You know that sound that Homer Simpson makes when he spies food? This is how I feel about these bars. They are the ultimate in indulgence. A little goes a LONG way. I made a double batch, because the Hubs has a friend coming over today to help put the floor in his trailer, and I am hoping they will eat a bunch, because I certainly don't need this stuff hanging around the house tempting me!
We were strolling through the grocery store the other day when he pointed out something in the dessert cooler. It was a bar that looked like it had many different delicious things on top of it. So, after staring it down, turning it from side to side, I decide that I can pull this off.
I came home and began researching. I found many different bizarre recipes for things that had some similarity to it. I finally decided though, that nothing matched what I wanted. So, I created a bar topped with coconut, condensed milk, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, and walnuts. You know that sound that Homer Simpson makes when he spies food? This is how I feel about these bars. They are the ultimate in indulgence. A little goes a LONG way. I made a double batch, because the Hubs has a friend coming over today to help put the floor in his trailer, and I am hoping they will eat a bunch, because I certainly don't need this stuff hanging around the house tempting me!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Special times
Tomorrow, my mother in law and father in law will be celebrating another anniversary. Since they produced such a gift for me (my husband) I wanted to cook them up a little something to celebrate their day with. Plus, it's always nice to be cooked for.
I am putting together a chicken pot pie from scratch that I know they love. I slowly bake chicken on the bone in the oven, and then put together the filling and put it inside a double homemade crust.
Tonight though, I went ahead and made the cake. Now, my in laws aren't fancy people. They are very simple, rooted people. It doesn't take much to make them happy, and overly fancy just annoys them. So it's best to be down home.
One of my favorite recipes is this chocolate cake. My mother in law makes a chocolate sheet cake that is divine, but I didn't want to make something that she already makes. That being said, my father in laws favorite dessert is chocolate cake, so I HAD to make a cake. So, a few years ago, I developed a recipe based on my childhood. It's a coke cake. When I brought this up in my classroom, students gagged!
I don't think that there is a more moist cake in this world. There are MANY variations of this recipe. You can use Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, or I imagine just about any cola product. There's even a variation of this known as the mayonnaise cake.
This cake is best when it's thin. So, I take a single batch and pour it into my biggest sheet pan. It takes about 15 minutes to bake, and as it starts to cool, I mix up the icing, which also includes soda. It's pure moist chocolate sin, but not TOO rich. It's just right.
The secret? After that icing is made, while the cake is still warm, start spreading it on. Now, you will have to use a delicate touch, because it will tear the cake to pieces if you don't. It slowly melts into the cake, and by the time you slice it up the next day....... You WILL have a hard time walking away from it. Mmmmm.
It doesn't look like much. It's not fancy, and it isn't decorated. But the flavor that bursts into your mouth when you sink your teeth into it makes you forget the plain look. Save room for tomorrow though, as I will be making Coconut Bon Bons as a gift for them both to share.
I am putting together a chicken pot pie from scratch that I know they love. I slowly bake chicken on the bone in the oven, and then put together the filling and put it inside a double homemade crust.
Tonight though, I went ahead and made the cake. Now, my in laws aren't fancy people. They are very simple, rooted people. It doesn't take much to make them happy, and overly fancy just annoys them. So it's best to be down home.
One of my favorite recipes is this chocolate cake. My mother in law makes a chocolate sheet cake that is divine, but I didn't want to make something that she already makes. That being said, my father in laws favorite dessert is chocolate cake, so I HAD to make a cake. So, a few years ago, I developed a recipe based on my childhood. It's a coke cake. When I brought this up in my classroom, students gagged!
I don't think that there is a more moist cake in this world. There are MANY variations of this recipe. You can use Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, or I imagine just about any cola product. There's even a variation of this known as the mayonnaise cake.
This cake is best when it's thin. So, I take a single batch and pour it into my biggest sheet pan. It takes about 15 minutes to bake, and as it starts to cool, I mix up the icing, which also includes soda. It's pure moist chocolate sin, but not TOO rich. It's just right.
The secret? After that icing is made, while the cake is still warm, start spreading it on. Now, you will have to use a delicate touch, because it will tear the cake to pieces if you don't. It slowly melts into the cake, and by the time you slice it up the next day....... You WILL have a hard time walking away from it. Mmmmm.
It doesn't look like much. It's not fancy, and it isn't decorated. But the flavor that bursts into your mouth when you sink your teeth into it makes you forget the plain look. Save room for tomorrow though, as I will be making Coconut Bon Bons as a gift for them both to share.
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