mommie bakes!

well, you know 'mommie blogs', but did you know mommie bakes? I do and I must say I enjoy it. so, when I find yummy recipes on other blogs, I must try them out. last week, over on "4 reluctant entertainers" sandy posted a yummy strawberry bread recipe. now, I don't know about you, but I always buy the huge container of strawberries, but we never seem to finish them before they start to get mushy. this is the perfect recipe for those, lets just call them, aged berries. I was so excited, I plopped my laptop on the counter, cut the strawberries and went to town with this very easy recipe.



they turned out great. they were as yummy as they looked. and since I made mini loaves, we shared them with gigi when we went to see here on sunday!


you should try the recipe and tell sandy how you like the bread.

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well, before we headed over to gigi's house on sunday, I also made this chocolate cake for pop-pop joe. it was his 50th birthday yesterday, so I wanted to make him his favorite -- chocolate cake with chocolate frosting!

I headed over to foodnetwork.com and search for what looked like a yummy chocolate cake recipe. I found one by paula deen, one of my favorite personalities on the food network. how could I go wrong, so I thought...

first, I had to buy some ingredients. I never cook or bake with buttermilk, so that was first on the list. I only focused on the cake ingredients, because (ahem) I rarely make frosting. store bought seems to always work so well :).

after running to the store after church, I started making the cake. here is a shot of my double broiler...



isn't it fancy? HA! in all seriousness, a glass bowl and pot work very well!

after baking the cake, we rushed over to gigi's and had a fabulous dinner (we ate out!). double l was perfect, or as close to perfect an almost 2 year old can be at a restaurant. and then headed home for cake & ice-cream. I have to be honest -- I did not like it. everyone told me it was great, but I know it wasn't. it was dry, so I know I baked it too long and the chocolate taste just was not good. you can try it out if you would like.

but I think I am going to stick to my favorite chocolate cake recipe. it's from nigella lawson -- out of her 'nigella bites' book. it's a flourless chocolate cake and it is truly heavenly.

I found a flourless brownie recipe on her site which is similar, so email me if you want the actual cake recipe or you can always grab the cookbook (which is one of my favorites!).

if you have yummy baking recipes on your blog, please leave me the link in the comments section! I would love to try them out...