Introducing….The Chococase! (review and giveaway)

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A little over a week later than promised, I’m finally posting my very first product review and reader giveaway.

So what exactly am I reviewing? Well, it isn’t exactly food (or even technically food related), but it is fun and at least looks like chocolate…

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TWD: Banana Coconut Ice Cream Pie

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So, at the end of last week’s post I promised my very first product review/reader give away and I have failed to deliver.  I do apologize, I won’t offer any excuses but sometimes life (or in this case work) just happens and we have to roll with the punches.  “Prince Charming” is now assisting me with the product review so I will get it posted soon.

Now, on to this week’s TWD challenge selected by Spike of spike.bakes – Banana Coconut Ice Cream Pie (page 350)… Read more…

TWD: Apple-Apple Bread Pudding (and exciting news!)

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As usual, I’m cutting it pretty close to the wire for my TWD post.  Maybe someday organization and time management will return to my life.  In the mean time, let’s discuss Elizabeth of Cake or Death? selection of Apple-Apple Bread Pudding on pages 408 and 409 of Dorie’s book.

I think I may have mentioned it the last time we did a bread pudding, but in general I would say they aren’t my favorite dessert.  I’m really not sure why – in essence they are a baked french toast and french toast is listed among my favorite breakfast foods.  Maybe that is the issue, maybe bread pudding just seems more like a breakfast than a dessert.  That being said, I was surprised to find that I really did enjoy this particular bread pudding…

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TWD: Burnt Sugar Ice Cream

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This week we can thank Becky of Project Domestication for choosing Burnt Sugar Ice Cream on page 432 of Dorie’s book.  And we definitely do thank her; someone turned up the heat in my neighborhood so ice cream was definitely a welcome treat (not that I really need an excuse to eat ice cream).  As is usual for me lately, I’m posting later than I would like, so I’ll just dive right in.

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