Chocoholic Anonymous

*Updated 1/31/09*

Somehow I’ve fallen into a temporal anomoly and tomorrow just didn’t arrive until today.  That sounds somewhat nonsensical, I know, but when you get right down to it, does tomorrow ever really arrive?

Anyway, thank you all for your patience with my unexpectedly extended delay.  It might make things easier all around if I just let you all know why I’ve been feeling so lousy lately…

You see, “Prince Charming” and I are expecting the arrival of our first little prince or princess in September.  As excited and thrilled as I am with the prospect of being a mother, the first stages of this pregnancy are pretty much kicking my butt.  So,  while I will be doing my very best to continue participating on a weekly basis this may not be the last delayed post over the next several months.

Anyway, on to what you are really interested in…

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Here we are, another Tuesday and, I’m sorry to say, another rather short post from me.

This week Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen chose Berry Surprise Cake on pages 273-275. I can’t say I was terribly excited to make this one – I’m not much into berries and I left it until pretty much the last minute. That may explain some of my difficulty…

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I’m feeling a little under the weather this week so I’m going to keep this short.  This week’s TWD challenge was selected by Rebecca of Ezra Pound Cake; she chose Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins on page 6 of Dorie’s Baking:From My Home to Yours.

Luckily this was a quick and easy recipe to throw together…

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Today is the very first TWD of 2009 – how exciting!

Well, to be honest, I wasn’t terribly excited.  “Prince Charming” and I arrived home in the wee hours of Saturday morning and there wasn’t much in the way of fresh food in our house after our nearly 2 week absence and I was feeling mentally and physically exhausted from travel and a number of family events.  I didn’t feel like shopping and I wasn’t feeling inspired to bake.  I thought perhaps it might be best to take a break and return to TWD next week.

But, how could I do that when Dorie herself chose to participate this week?  Dorie’s selection is the French Pear Tart (found on pages 368 and 369 of her Baking: From My Home to Yours).  I couldn’t miss out on the recipe that Dorie had selected so I wrote up my shopping list, braved the grocery store on a Saturday afternoon and spent the last day of my vacation baking…

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