but I’ve been away.
I can hardly wait to tell you about it…
and I will…
just as soon as I
(yawn)
wake up.
Chocolate Tsunami
One day, a package arrived on our porch for Jillian. A mysterious package from a faraway land…
sent to her by a dear, sweet friend in England. Not an ordinary package–oh no.
It was obviously a most wicked, dreadful, dangerous package. Needless to say…we were terrified. Shaking even.
We…
got…
over…
it…
pretty…
dang…
fast.
We spread it all out to look at it.
We thought about inviting people over to share.
There was, after all—so much fabulous stuff!
But then a really strange thing happened.
One by one, all the beautiful melty chocolate and sweets started mysteriously disappearing.
Not exactly sure what really happened. It was like a whirlwind or tornado or hurricane sweeping through the place gobbling up all the gooey, sweet, yummy…I mean…it just…we couldn’t….sorta…
rats.
I swear. We did try.
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A Special Something…
about the glossy ads…
when you think no one is looking…
and you’re completely free to check out the bargains…
or nibble on them.
It’s just so hard to be patient and wait for all those sales…
especially when you’re really hungry right now…
and you still think no one is watching.
But Baby Chompy…here’s something you need to know.
Your good mama is always watching.
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Ahhhhhh….don’t you just love having to eat your vegetables?
The original recipe called this “Bread.” Let’s be serious guys—this ain’t bread. Bread is lovely but it tries to behave itself. This little number is moist, chocolatey and positively wicked–with no shame whatsoever.
Cake I tell you…cake.
Now then—tell me again. How many servings of veggies are we suppose to have each and every day? I want to be sure to get them all in.
Heh, heh, heh.
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Zucchini Cake
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups softened butter
3 cups grated zucchini
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9×13 inch baking pan.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the eggs and butter, mix well. Fold in the chips and zucchini until they are evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting with your favorite frosting or sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
: Launi
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 eggs
- 1½ cups softened butter
- 3 cups grated zucchini
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the eggs and butter, mix well. Fold in the chips and zucchini until they are evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting with your favorite frosting or sprinkle with chocolate chips.
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Rumpelstiltskin
There’s a magic feeling about…
pretty colored string.
a pile of it…
a spool of it…
or a carton of it.
Doesn’t really matter because it’s always the same with ambitious stuff like string.
It wants to do more than sit on the shelf or on the spool or in the box.
It wants to BE something…
or a lot of somethings.
Either way—I like to believe it’s the wish of all miller’s straw…
to be spun into gold.