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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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…

I have a TWD double header going on this week.  I really did make last week’s Dulce de Leche Duos and was all prepared to post about them on Tuesday but instead I had the pleasure of dealing with a broken refrigerator (which didn’t get fixed until the next morning anyway).  After that I just never seemed to find a chance to post about the cookies until it just seemed to make more sense to combine two weeks worth of TWD into one.

And so, here we are…TWD two for one!

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Here we are, Tuesday again and I’ve somehow managed to scrape together the time to make this week’s TWD challenge (that was in doubt for a time this weekend) -  Soft Chocolate and Raspberry Tart on page 354 chosen by Rachelle of “Mommy? I’m Hungry!“.  As I’m sure you are all well aware by now, as far as I’m concerned fruit and chocolate must be strictly segregated from one another.  But at its heart this recipe was pure decadent chocolate so I felt compelled to make it.

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This week Mike of Ugly Food Dude selected Thumbprints For Us Big Guys on page 164.  I can’t say that thumbprint cookies have ever been a favorite of mine, but I was looking forward to giving these ones a shot.  Primarily because cookies are nicely portable and easy to share with my co-workers whom I have been horribly neglecting on the baking front recently.

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It seems like every week Tuesday arrives more quickly – here it is again and most of the past week is a hazy sleep deprived blur. But despite my sleep deprived state I found the time and energy to make Beryl’s (of Cinemon Girl) pick: Toasted-Coconut Custard Tart on pages 344 and 345.

I have very fond memories of eating my grandmother’s coconut cream pie as a child so I was looking forward to giving this recipe a try.

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This week’s recipe was chosen by Kait of Kait’s Plate? – My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies from page 68 of Dorie’s Baking:  From My Home to Yours. I positively love chocolate chip cookies and I’m afraid I have to disagree with these being the “Best.”  It’s not that they are terrible, it is hard to find a terrible chocolate chip cookie, but I did find them disappointing.

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Let’s hear it for yet another chocolate recipe! This week Tanya of Chocolatechic chose Rick Katz’s Brownies for Julia on page 91 of Dorie’s book.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I have ever had a brownie that I truly didn’t like.  There are brownies I don’t love, and brownies I feel the need to alter ingredients on but as far as I’m concerned brownies are just plain good eats (do I owe a royalty to Alton Brown for that one? ).

Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this week’s recipe… Read more…

Welcome to this week’s installment of TWD !  This makes 3 weeks in a row for me (after my somewhat unexpected month long absence); which might just mean I’m back on track again.  Of course, it is pretty easy for me to stay on track when my fellow bakers seem to be on a chocolate streak.  Seriously, I am absolutely loving our current chocolate trend.

This week, Kristin of I’m Right About Everything continued that trend with  Milk Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes (pages 188 and 189)…

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This week we have Steph of Obsessed with Baking to thank for choosing Cocoa-Nana Bread on page 46 of Dorie’s book.  I’m sure you’ve seen me write (over and over again) on this blog that chocolate and fruit should never be combined – but as the old adage goes, there is an exception to every rule.  I have to admit that I enjoy some variations of banana and chocolate and I cannot deny that bananas are, in fact, fruit.

As a general rule I prefer my banana bread with chocolate chips in it (and with a little peanut butter on it), so, as soon as I saw this recipe on the schedule I was convinced I would enjoy it…

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