Hello there, we are under a blizzard warning! I love a good snow day. Keith and I spent a bit of our morning shoveling some wet and heavy snow, one of my favorite activities (seriously). After that we had a lovely breakfast of scrambled Windy Ridge eggs (we heard the chickens have been feasting on some Rush Creek [...]
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Sjolinds (pronounced “shoo-linds”) makes me think about the scrumptious cottage in the forest in Hansel & Gretel minus the evil witch and minus the forest. Sitting along Main St. in Mt. Horeb (known for their troll statues), it is a friendly and bright space. The best part of the chocolate house are the many drawers filled with chocolate bars! I remember going there for [...] When I told Keith that I was going to make a Pear & Chocolate Walnut Cake, his reaction was of utter disgust. I’ve always wanted to try combining pears and chocolate in a dish; what a perfect time to do so because I had a lot of perfectly ripened pears from Tippy Top Orchard that needed to be eaten up. [...] Happy Birthday darling Keith! I know it’s not perfect yet but at least it looks like and tastes like a cake this year I followed the recipe for Devil’s Food Cake on the Pillsbury Softasilk cake flour box. Two things I did differently was to add 3/4 c. cocoa powder in the frosting and I did not add almond extract. The cake [...] Every year, my grandparents come over to America from the Philippines. Besides looking forward to seeing them of course, I look forward to my pasalubong or present from back home. My favorite is the chocolate. They have about half a dozen cacao trees growing in the yard and they are always teeming with fruit. My [...] |
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