Chocoholic Anonymous

This week’s TWD challenge was selected by Amy of Amy Ruth Bakes. She made the excellent choice of Dressy Chocolate Loafcake on pages 286 and 287.  There are just so many things to love about this recipe; chocolate (of course), ease of preparation, and size to name a few.

I wasn’t exactly thrilled by the filling Dorie uses – raspberry jam should not be within shouting distance of my chocolate cake.  But that was easy enough to fix; I went with a peanut butter mousse and bittersweet chocolate ganache, one layer of each between each of the three layers of cake.

Why don’t I just let the pictures speak for themselves…

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I know, it isn’t Tuesday anymore but I’m going to pretend it is while writing this post. I actually went through the effort of making this recipe not once, not twice, but three times over the weekend. I probably should have written my post over the weekend as well (someday I will get in that habit, or so I keep telling myself), but I didn’t and Tuesday found me feeling too far under the weather to sit in front of a computer (or go to work or do much of anything). But enough with the excuses, right, you just want to see the goods…

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Well, it turns out no random number generator was necessary

Congratulations to Marthe!  To claim your Chococase please send your postal address to admin@chocoholicanonymous.com and I’ll ship it out to you.

This week’s TWD assignment is White Chocolate Brownies selected by Marthe of Culinary Delights.  Before going any further I feel a need to point out that the term “white chocolate” is a bit of a misnomer – it isn’t chocolate at all, as it contains no chocolate liquor.

That being the case, I simply could not make this recipe as it was written…

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