Chocoholic Anonymous

First – apologies for my unannounced (and unplanned) disappearance for the past month-ish.  I did make the pecan pie back in December (actually I made it for Thanksgiving and it was wonderful), but we left town the day the post was due and I never got around to posting it in all of our travel chaos.  I truly wanted to make the chocolate cheesecake but there was no way I could bring Dorie’s book in my luggage and I clean forgot to make a copy of the recipe before we left.  Next thing I know, here it is mid January and I haven’t posted since mid December.

Anyway, enough with the excuses, right?  This week Lillian of Confectiona’s Realm picked Chocolate Oatmeal Almost-Candy Bars on pages 114 and 115.  This is one of  many recipes in the book that doesn’t have a drool inspiring photo paired with it so I have often missed it as I flipped through but I am glad that Lillian selected it.

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With all my holiday baking this week I find myself right down to the wire for my TWD post (not that a last minute post is so terribly unusual for me, but I’m taking a break from baking for a few moments to get this posted before midnight).  This week Macduff of The Lonely Sidecar selected Cafe Volcano Cookies (page 153).  Without further ado, let’s get to the good stuff…

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This week Barbara of Bungalow Barbara selected sablés from pages 131-133.  As I was rather pressed for time this week, all I can say is I’m glad these are so quick to whip up!

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The final recipe for this month (for me anyway) is Chocolate Caramel Chestnut Cake chosen by Katya of Second Dinner.  I decided to take advantage of the leniency in the TWD posting rules for this month, and this week in particular, so that I could have this beautiful cake on my Thanksgiving menu.

I very nearly did not make this cake because I was not able to find the chestnuts or chestnut paste the recipe called for and it looked like a very time consuming recipe, but the picture in the book looked gorgeous and, as I’m sure you’re all well aware by now, I find it very difficult to pass up anything chocolate.

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This week’s TWD hostess is April of  Short + Rose and she chose the Cherry Fudge Brownie Torte.  Unlike our lovely hostess I really prefer not to sully my chocolate with cherries (or any other kind of fruit for that matter).

After reading the recipe I really wasn’t sure if I wanted to attempt this one or not – it was a more complicated and time consuming recipe which I wasn’t certain the little prince would give me the opportunity to complete and I wouldn’t even get to enjoy the fruits of my labor.  But “Prince Charming” was very supportive and nearly insisted that I should get back on my TWD wagon…of course he absolutely loves cherries and chocolate so I think his motives may have been somewhat suspect!

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That’s right folks, it is another TWD double header.  Unfortunately, it is a late TWD double header…I guess that makes it a WWD double header.  Not that it is really an excuse by any means, but I just can’t seem to actually be on time for much of anything lately.  So, for now, I’m operating on the premise “better late than never.”

I was actually all ready to make last week’s Banana Bundt Cake but when I checked the basket I always keep my bananas in I had an insufficient supply of over ripe bananas, in fact I had an insufficient supply of bananas period, a grand total of 2.

I thought about just using a smaller pan but I really wanted to make the bundt cake.  So I looked for a smaller bundt pan while I was out and about and had no luck there either.  So I bought some more bananas and waited (patiently I assure you) until this week to make both the Banana Bundt Cake and the adorable Brownie Buttons.

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Here we are; another Tuesday and another TWD recipe.  Let’s see if I manage to remember to click the publish button this time!

This week we have Tracey of Tracey’s Culinary Adventures to thank for choosing Dorie’s Cinnamon Squares.  The picture of these squares has been calling to me every time I flipped past it in the book.  The cake looks so moist and the frosting creamy and smooth. Alas, mine did not fulfill the expectations engendered by the picture…

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*UPDATE* I’m obvioulsy a complete scatter brain.  I wrote this post on Tuesday at 9:52 PM and I THOUGHT I published it.  Obviously not since I have just discovered it has a Draft status.

It’s Tuesday again and time for TWD.  I know I’ve missed a few and I apologize to those who stopped by over the last few weeks to find nothing new at all, never mind the expected TWD posts.

I’m afraid I just haven’t been feeling up to baking recently, or up to much of anything else for that matter.  But this weekend was a nice long weekend and “Prince Charming” was out of town so I needed something to take my mind off being lonely.  This week’s Chipster Topped Brownie recipe certainly qualified.

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It’s that time again, time for another TWD post.  Can you believe we have yet another chocolate recipe this week?  That makes 3 chocolate recipes in a row!

This week Kim of Scrumptious Photography chose the Chocolate Cream Tart on pages 352 and 353 of Dorie’s book.

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First of all, I apologize to anyone that may have stopped by last week and discovered that I was MIA on Tuesday (and the entire rest of the week for that matter).  I was actually looking forward to making the 15 Minute Magic Chocolate Amaretti Torte but a lack of time and availability of ingredients at my local store made participation difficult enough to dissuade me from trying.

In fact, I very nearly missed this week too (can you believe it, two chocolate recipes in a row and I almost missed out on both!). “Prince Charming” and I have been rather immersed in a side project for the past week and a half or so; neither one of us has accomplished much of anything else.

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