Brrrrr-ownies

Brownies with York Peppermint Patties mixed in. Once they are cooled to room temperature slice and put in the fridge. Yum!

Dressy Chocolate Loaf Cake (the first and the second time...)

Last weekend I decided to make this loaf cake. We were supposed to have a new fridge delivered. They came, they scratched it, they took it back... it was a good time.

I went to make the cake anyway. I had just purchased a whole bunch of Pyrex so I figured I would try the loaf pan. Its supposed to bake 60-70 minutes. I baked it for 60, stuck the cake tester in and pulled the cake out. I waited the 5 minutes and went to turn it out onto the cooling rack upside down.

The top came out, the bottom stayed behind... it was a really great day in my house.
After it cooled I tried the part that actually baked and it tasted pretty nice so I told myself to try again this weekend.

This time I used the non-stick loaf pan, checked it with a knife, baked it for 70 minutes and it came out really well.

After it cools upside down you cut it into thirds horizontally and spread jam on each layer. I used seedless blackberry jam. Next time, more jam. Lots more jam.

Time to frost with semisweet chocolate and sour cream frosting.

For sure the next time it will have more jam and probably milk chocolate frosting.

Golden Brioche Take 3

Success... at last. It seemed it was time for me to conquer the Brioche. I was actually nervous when I started. Jeremy told me to see it through no matter what. I read through my first blog to remind myself of my mistakes and forged ahead. I doubted it the whole way but look at that. Golden Brioche! It could use some work but it tasted and looked like bread so I'm putting that in the win category.

Golden Brioche-2 Bonnie-1.

I'm coming for you Golden Brioche...

White Chocolate Whipped Cream

FAIL! When I made the regular whipped cream I was so scared to over whip it that I think I may have under whipped it. So this time I told myself to let it go. I stopped at one point and tried it and it was great.  I thought it needed just a bit more so I whipped away and RUINED it. I will do this one again... I'm excited about all these lessons learned.

Mixed Berry Cobbler

I made this with all blackberries because that's what Jeremy requested. If I can recall I believe he said it needed more sugar but the biscuit topping was good.

Rugelach

I could not wait to make this recipe... I knew it was going to be one of the first on my list once we had the food processor. I made a few mistakes... I didn't chop the chocolate fine enough, I didn't add enough jam and I cut it without actually thinking about the way the instructions were worded. This recipe will for sure be made again soon!

Chocolate Shortbread Dough & Tarte Noire

I'm super behind on posting my baked goods... I made this for Christmas dessert! We had just purchased our food processor (our gift to each other) so I was excited to make the dough. I had quite the adventure when I made the Sweet Tart Dough but this time was awesome!

The tart itself is easy... and by the time the chocolate ganache sets it looks amazing! If only the taste was there. I'm not a bittersweet fan. I prefer a sweeter chocolate. But I bet it would have been good with some sort of sweet topping.

Sour Cream Biscuits

These biscuits are supposed to have pecans in them but that didn't sound appetizing to me at all so I skipped them. I thought these turned out pretty well... for sure the sour cream makes for a nice moist flaky biscuit.