Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate. Show all posts

Sunday, March 28, 2010

April Fools Day

Life has been a little busy lately, but I thought I would share a couple of things if you needed a little April Fools Day inspiration. Here is the dinner we made last year to trick dad, in case you didn't get Family Fun last year. It was a dinner of fish sticks, ketchup, peas, with a gummy worm coming out of an apple. We also replaced the cheetos with carrots, and the when you go to drink the juice you get an surprise when it is jell-o. The kids had fun tricking their dad.

The fish sticks were sugar wafers covered with peanut butter then dipped in crushed cereal. (Actually pretty yummy) The peas are rolled airheads and the ketchup is jam.

This year I think I might try a crazy menu where the kids will choose items from a list (like Disney Characters), and see what they end up with.

Today, I also tried something really yummy from Simply Designing. Almond Chocolate Meringues! Yum! And a lower sugar alternative to get your Sunday afternoon cookie fix.

Sorry I'm not posting anything too original. Hopefully I will get back to crafting soon. This week the kids are home all week, so we have to think of things to do to entertain them. Happy Spring!


Monday, November 23, 2009

Molten Lava Cakes

Tonight as I was preparing our dessert {using a spatula} I knew I needed to post this recipe. After going on a cruise--Molten Lava Cakes are one of our favorite desserts. My oldest son could eat them every night, but I only prefer to cook them occasionally.

The recipe that I found I like the best came from foodnetwork.com I have revised it slightly.

8 (1 ounce squares) semi-sweet baking chocolates
10 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 eggs
3 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 425`

Grease silicone cupcake pan. Melt butter and chocolate in the microwave. Mix in flour and sugar. Then add eggs and yolks until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Divide batter into cupcake pan (makes 12). Bake for 12 minutes. The edges should be firm but the center will be runny. The longer you cook them the less runny they are. And what is a Molten Lava cake without the Lava so don't overbake.


Flip the cupcake pan over and squish them so the cake comes out.

The coloring on these next pictures did not turn out great--but the cakes were great!!


ENJOY!!