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  • A Recipe for Chipotle Scalloped Potatoes (Plus a Bookalicious Quiz)

    Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

    IT’S HOLIDAY BAKING TIME!!! *Weehee!* Time to pull out our favorite holiday recipes  and get on down to the business of cooking for those twinkle-lit evenings with friends and family (and perhaps a bit of bubbly and toasted nuts). OH THE FOOD-LICIOUS JOY!!! This might even call for a performance of my awkward, whirly, celebration dance! (Although, if you hear my children mention that my awkward, whirly, celebration dance looks very much like MJ’s moonwalk but without the cool moonboots or necessary coordination, ignore them. It looks exactly like that. It looks nothing like that.)

    Okay, we move along…

    One of my standard recipes I keep stashed away is a spicy little spin-off of my sister-in-law’s incredible scalloped potatoes: CHIPOTLE SCALLOPED POTATOES. They’re simple and pretty-much un-ruinable (<– not a real word, but it should be). Nothing need be exact, a little more of this, a tad less of that—they’ll still taste amazing. I made them last week for a pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinner (had to brush up my rusty holiday skills, but really it was just an excuse to eat Thanksgiving dinner twice), and they were as smoky-cheesy-tasty as I’d remembered. Which, of course, meant that I had to immediately type the recipe out to share with you. So, here you go. See below.

    And while they’re cooking, check out this fun quiz that flitted across my Twitterfeed last week. See if you can match the Famous Protagonists to the Correct Novels (but be fast cuz it’s timed)! Then leave a comment telling us how you scored! (And no cheating by taking it twice. Yeah, you know who I’m talking to…. I’ve got my eye on you.)

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    A Recipe for Chipotle Scalloped Potatoes

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    • 3 pounds potatoes (thinly sliced)
    • ½ pound gouda cheese (shredded)
    • 4 cups sharp cheddar cheese (shredded)
    • 1 onion (thinly sliced)
    • Salt and pepper
    • 2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup
    • 1 (of the Cream of Mushroom size) can of milk
    • 4 chipotle peppers (in adobe sauce) chopped

    Spritz with oil a 13X9 inch pan and cover the bottom with thinly sliced potatoes. Lightly sprinkle over the potatoes with salt, pepper, and onion slices, followed by 1/3 of each of the cheeses. Add another layer of potatoes and duplicate with the salt, pepper, onion, and cheeses. Repeat this process (potato layer + ingredients) a third time. In a bowl, combine the Cream of Mushroom soup, the milk, and chopped chipotle peppers and blend. Pour the Cream of Mushroom mixture on top of the potatoes. Bake on 350 for 60-70 minutes, then allow to sit for 15 before serving. Enjoy!

    *lovely photo taken from photobucket

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  • Authors as Children (or Let’s All Look at Ernest Hemingway in a Dress)

    Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

    Flavorwire put up an awesome post last week showing photos of various authors as children. And yes, there’s one of cute little Ernest Hemingway wearing a dress, and another of Agatha Christie giving us the mystery eye, and a super sweet one of Joseph Conrad looking all manly and tough. Check ’em out.

    And in the spirit of photo sharing, I thought I’d let you see a photo of me as a child. Well, three photos in fact, of me at different stages in my someday-genius-author development.

    My “cute” stage.

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    My “King of Pop” stage.

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    My “are you freaking kidding me?” stage. This last one seems to have lasted a long time. And that thing that looks like a bruise by my eye is actually a food stain from the poor photo being pasted on my fridge ever since my Kindergarten teacher mailed it to me on my wedding day. Cool right? Not the stain, the Kindergarten teacher. Although…the stain does make me look tougher. Kind of like Joseph Conrad. Oh, never mind. Carry on.

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    What’s the mood noise of the moment? The King of Pop as a kid, of course!

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  • A Recipe for Autumn Breakfast Cake (plus The Princess Bride Monopoly)

    Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

    “- In the farthest corner of the Great Square -
     - in the highest building in the land -
     - deep in the deepest shadow -”
     - lies The Princess Bride Monopoly Board Game – HUZZAH!

    I love the book. I heart the movie. And now, I must own this piece of inconceivable genius. Seriously. Check out those game pieces. Westley’s mustache? Who wouldn’t want to venture around the board with that?

    princess bride monopoly

    Now that I’ve got you all hung up on the need for your own copy, I recall you to the fact that you should never get involved in a land war in Asia. Also? I owe you a recipe. Which is awesome because it means you can now play with Westley’s mustache while eating tasty cake. So, as you wish, this month’s delicacy comes from my dearest Sharla, who is as autumn obsessed as I am. It’s a perfect breakfast cake, all warm and flavorful with bananas and chocolate and mm…. You should try it with a caramel latte. While challenging your enemies to a duel. With swords. Or iocaine.

    A Recipe for Autumn Breakfast Cake

    • 2 ½ cups flour
    • 1 t. baking soda
    • ¾ t. salt
    • 1 ¼ cups sugar
    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 ½ cups smashed bananas (3 bananas)
    • ½-3/4 cups semi sweet Chocolate Chips

    Directions

    1. Turn on oven to 325 degrees
    2. Grease two bread pans or a fluted cake tube
    3. Stir: flour, baking soda & salt
    4. In another bowl, beat: eggs, oil and sugar
    5. Add bananas and beat again
    6. Add flour mixture
    7. Stir in Chocolate chips
    8. Bake: 45-50 minutes

    And with that, my lovelies, I bid you all goodnight. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.

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    What’s the mood noise of the moment? Sophie Zelmani

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  • Ten Book Characters Who Did NOT Get Enough Valentines as Children (plus a recipe)

    Monday, February 14th, 2011

    Remember in 1st grade when we’d all show up to school on Valentine’s Day with our backpacks full of cheap paper hearts (that our mothers made us take for the ENTIRE class because we wouldn’t want to leave anyone out) and how we’d get all sweaty and nervous wondering if anyone’s mothers besides our two bosom buddies’ would make sure we got paper hearts in return?

    And then remember how afraid we were that the one person in class whom we actually had a crush on wouldn’t even remember our name well enough to correctly spell it on our card, or worse yet, it would simply say “Dear Friend” (even though everyone in class could remember the golden-haired “Donna” and every sigh she’d ever uttered through her perfectly straight teeth)?

    And then there was that one person who traumatized us more than any other by chasing us on the playground with a bag full of cooties and a finger full of boogers forcing us to spend the entire afternoon mortified that they might actually think our Valentine paper heart we’d given them was an indication of marriage intentions rather than the fact that our mother just made us do it.

    And then there was that one kid whom everyone seemed to forget existed (and thus our moms forgot to make Valentines for them) and we’d feel so awkwardly sorry for them (and embarrassed for ourselves) that we’d cut out a construction paper heart real quick during recess and hope they didn’t notice it wasn’t quite the same color as the rest…

    Yeah. Those were good times.

    And to truly honor those good times, I thought I’d make a list of book characters who were in that last group of kids. They obviously got left out of the paper heart sharing as grade school children and therefore grew up feeling lonely and unloved with their hair full of boogers and sad little hearts of flesh that eventually got cruel or weird and turned into stone. These poor souls are the ones who deserve our love. And to these, I bequeath my paper hearts today. Happy Valentine’s Day. ;-)

    1. Gollum
    2. Heathcliff
    3. The Queen of Hearts
    4. Katerina Ivanova (Crime & Punishment)
    5. Dracula
    6. Hannibal Lecter
    7. Bella
    8. Cugel the Clever (The Eyes of the Overworld)
    9. Annie Wilkes (Misery)
    10. Captain Hook

    Who have I missed? Anyone? Anyone?

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    A Recipe for Valentine’s English Trifle

    1. 1 purchased pound cake or a boxed yellow cake (baked & cooled)
    2. 1 lg. box Strawberry Jello mix
    3. 1 lg. container of Cool-Whip
    4. 4-6 bananas (sliced)
    5. 1 package fresh strawberries
    6. 1 package fresh raspberries
    7. 1/2 cup frozen blueberries

    Make the Jello according to package directions and allow to cool (but not harden). Cut the cake in slices and use ½ of them to cover the bottom of a large glass bowl. Place ½ of the sliced bananas and ½ of the berries over the cake. Pour ½ of the Jello over this and then spread ½ of the carton of Cool-Whip over. Repeat these layers again, beginning with the cake slices. After the final layer of Cool-Whip, sprinkle a few berries on top for prettiness. Chill at least 2 hours (to allow the Jello to thicken).

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     What’s the Mood Noise of the Moment?  What the World Needs Now

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  • The Great Gatsby (a book review)

    Monday, February 7th, 2011

    “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning—”  Fitzgerald

    In pursuit of business and a fresh inhale of life, young Nick Carraway moves in amongst the “wide lawns and friendly trees” surrounding the Georgian Colonial mansions and “white palaces of fashion” along the beaches of the Long Island Sound. Relatively poor and somewhat lonesome, Nick develops a casual relationship with his well-to-do cousin Daisy and her husband Tom (who live across the bay), and their friend Miss Baker (who doesn’t seem to live anywhere but off of everyone else). He quickly finds himself in the awkward station of playing confidant both for the miserable Daisy, who is injured and angered over her husband’s flamboyant adulterous affairs, and the cheating, abusive Tom, who introduces Nick to the latest mistress in those affairs.

    In tandem with this, Nick’s intrigue is drawn toward his eccentric and wealthy neighbor, Jay Gatsby, who has cultivated a grandiose reputation for himself through the throwing of weekend parties full of frivolous people, drink, and money. At one of Gatsby’s extravagant parties, Nick makes an introduction, and soon, becomes a confidant of Gatsby’s as well. It is in this position that Nick learns of Gatsby’s true identity as a self-invented man of dubious business dealings with an obsessive love for Daisy developed five years previous when Gatsby was simply a poor soldier not fit to kiss the silver spoon in dainty Daisy’s mouth–although she allowed him to do so anyway at the time, before he left for the war and she married into even more money. The past five years Gatsby has spent creating himself into a person of financial and social worth for the sole purpose of luring Daisy back.

    At Gatsby’s request, Nick reintroduces Daisy and Gatsby and watches their affair unfold as they attempt to recreate their past season of love. However, as affairs eventually go, they are found out, and the confrontation that ensues with Tom reveals not only an incredible level of codependent dysfunction between Daisy and her husband, it also exposes Daisy’s ultimate inability to love anything or anyone more than money and comfort. In an emotionally distraught state, Daisy and Gatsby leave the confrontation in Gatsby’s car and end up running down Tom’s mistress in a freakish hit-and-run accident. Tragedy breeds tragedy and, when all is said and done,  Nick is left with the lackluster flavor of greed and fabricated glamour in his mouth rather than the invigorating taste of the life he came searching for.

    What I liked:

    1. Fitzgerald’s writing—pure, absolute poetry. I rarely mark up my novels with side notes and highlighted passages, but this one looks as if I’ve written a whole other book on top of the pages. His prose is THAT good.
    2. Fitzgerald’s ability for setting a scene—let alone defining an era. The decadent passions of the Jazz Age practically hum through the novel’s seams, while each and every scene grips its reader to the mood of the moment. Effortlessly. And with descriptions that soar the imagination in as few words as possible. Unbelievable.
    3. The flawless revealing of characters through straightforward, yet vivid and ingenious description and dialogue.
    4. The characters themselves. Paradoxical and shallow. In a way that leads one to suspect they’re not actually shallow, but rather have chosen to live trivial lives in an effort to either avoid the concession that as individuals they are all ultimately equal at heart, or to gain the idealistic life/love/person they have invented as a pinnacle of definitive happiness.
    5. The broken nose scene. Talk about a fantastic use of shock value…
    6. The themes: elitism, greed, optimism, ambition, obsession, money, hypocrisy, adultery, grief, jealousy, and the irony of the American Dream. As one reviewer (Yan Timanovsky) put it, “The book conflates America’s promise of the past, corruption of the present, and hope for the future. It is the beautiful and ugly side of American ambition, optimism, and sense of invincibility that makes so many Americans feel immortal.”
    7. The ending. Perfect and appropriate in a sort of “pop culture melds with Shakespeare” fashion.

    What annoyed me:  Nothing whatsoever.

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    What’s the mood noise of the moment?  Sanctus Real:  I’m Not Alright

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  • A Recipe for Wintry Black Bean Chili (and a 2011 reading list)

    Monday, January 17th, 2011

    In a comment left on one of my recent blog posts, Alicia suggested I recommend a list of books for 2011. I agreed (super fun!), and then ended up adding books I WANT to read for 2011, and then asking friends and family for books they PLAN to read in 2011. By the end of my collection? The list was extensive and awesome and overwhelming. So, we narrowed it down to the below selection. Some we’ve read and recommend (marked by an asterisk). Some we plan to read.

    Go at it.

    Oh, and there’s a recipe somewhere around here for you. ;)

    1. The Forever Queen  by Helen Hollick
    2. The Name of the Wind*  by Patrick Rothfuss
    3. Castle in the Air (sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle)  by Diana Wynne Jones
    4. Unbroken (okay, not a novel, but still…I need to read it)  by Laura Hillenbrand
    5. The Importance of Being Earnest* (also not a novel…but you should read it)  by Oscar Wilde
    6. Ender’s Game*  by Orson Scott Card
    7. The Saxon Chronicles*  by Bernard Cornwell
    8. Water for Elephants  by Sara Gruen
    9. The Old Man and the Sea  by Ernest Hemingway
    10. The Riddle Master trilogy  by Patricia A. McKillip
    11. Forever  by Maggie Stiefvater
    12. The Man Who Was Thursday  by G. K. Chesterton
    13. Something Wicked This Way Comes  by Ray Bradbury
    14. The Pillars of the Earth & World Without End  by Ken Follett
    15. The Dark Elf trilogy* (and then some)  by R. A. Salvatore
    16. Jane Eyre  by Charlotte Bronte
    17. The Bracken trilogy* (for my kids)  by Jeri Massi
    18. Hannah Coulter  by Wendell Berry
    19. Dune*  by Frank Herbert
    20. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*  by Douglas Adams
    21. The Hood trilogy*  by Stephen R. Lawhead
    22. Whatever else strikes my fancy along the way… ;)

    So, what about you? Before you peruse the super tasty makes-me-happy recipe below, tell me what books YOU plan to read this year!!!

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    A Recipe for Wintry Black Bean Chili

    • 2 Tab. chili powder
    • 1 tsp. cumin
    • 1 tsp. garlic powder
    • 2 Tab. dried minced onion
    • 2 Tab. beef bouillon
    • 4 or 5 cans of black beans
    • 2 lbs. cubed stew beef (or ground beef)
    • 2 (29oz) cans diced tomatoes with juice

    There are two ways to make this—in a crock pot or on the stove. Either way, you’ll want to brown the beef; then drain the fat and place the meat in a crock pot or in a cauldron (pot for the stove–I just like that word because it sounds witchy). Add everything else (easy, right?). Stir (obviously). If using a crock pot: Heat on high for one hour and then on low for 6 hours. If in a cauldron: cook for 2 or 3 hours on the stove. Top with a dollop of sour cream and serve with a side of cornbread or crunchy French bread.

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  • Bookish Things that Should be Wrapped in Ribbon and Pretty Strings (plus a recipe)

    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

    I’ve assembled an array of Christmasy-type things I’m liking. And if you’ve got a book lover in your life, or if you ARE a book lover, you can go ahead and say it with me: “These are seriously yummy.”

    Love. This. Book.

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    Okay, this is precious. And if my husband wants to buy me it for Christmas, I won’t complain. Of course, he’ll have to get me the iPad to go with it, but…

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    The New Yorker posted this holiday gift guide for book lovers. I especially love this little book nook.

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    And if you’re looking for some children’s books to place near that cute nook, Joanna over at Confessions from Suite 500, has some super fab recommendations this week! You should check them out. I want this one.

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    Lastly, since food is a must with nooks and books and Christmasy things, my mother-in-law and I made these Kolacky cookies today with, like, 10 kids. It’s an old family recipe of my mom-in-law’s. And they’re amazing.

    A Recipe for Kolacky Cookies

    1. 1 cup butter
    2. ½ cup powdered sugar (plus extra for sprinkling)
    3. 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
    4. 2 cups flour (more or less until firm)
    5. Jam or preserves (we use apricot and razzleberry)

    Mix ingredients. Roll out on a smooth surface; then cut out into circles. Thumbprint each circle and fill with a bit of jam. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350 for 10-15 minutes. Allow to cool; then sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with milk, tea, or coffee and enjoy!

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    Happy Christmas everyone!

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  • Frankenstein (a book review)

    Saturday, December 18th, 2010

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    Victor Frankenstein, a young doctor with a promising future and serious God complex, becomes obsessed with the ultimate scientific pursuit—the creation of human life. Unable to fashion it ex nihilo (obviously), he uses bits and pieces borrowed from dead bodies, constructing a giant monster of a man whose features are distortedly hideous, and then infuses life into the thing.

    Sadly, it’s not until the unnatural creation awakens that Frankenstein for even a second considers the ethics of his accomplishment, and his reward is the quick reaction of a guilty conscience inflicting both terror and shame upon him. Rather than experience the exhilaration and awe of a legitimate parent when their child is born, Frankenstein’s response is disgust and self-preservation, rejecting the thing as a daemon and a wretch. He flees to his friend, Clerval, abandoning the monster to learn about humanity on its own, and thereby denying it any sense of worth or personhood.

    A few months later, Frankenstein receives word of his little brother’s death and joins his family in Geneva, where the child’s nanny stands trial for his murder. Frankenstein becomes convinced the death was caused by his monster, but, unable to prove it, cannot save the poor girl from execution. Guilt compounds upon his conscience, and he escapes into the wilderness in search of peace. Instead, he encounters his daemon creation.

    The monster piteously confesses to the accidental murder, defending it with the explanation that he was simply seeking a companion. One who would love him for the very fact that he thinks and breathes, as opposed to rejecting his physical form as every person he’s encountered has so far done. He then implores Frankenstein to make him a mate, one like himself, and promises they will leave the world (and Frankenstein) alone in peace. Frankenstein reluctantly agrees and returns to England for this purpose.

    When the monster’s companion is almost complete, however, Frankenstein’s conscience and fears return to him tenfold, plaguing him to the point that he destroys the corpse before it’s finished. His original creation sees this and flies into a rage at being denied even the most basic needs of a person (love and companionship). He runs off and kills Frankenstein’s friend, Clerval, and then follows Frankenstein to Geneva, haunting him until Frankenstein’s wedding night, when he takes revenge by killing Frankenstein’s new bride, Elizabeth. Shortly afterward, Frankenstein’s father dies due to the overwhelming loss of so many loved ones, leaving Frankenstein devastated and vowing to hunt down the creature—the perceived source of his ruined life—until one of them can destroy the other.

    What I liked:

    1. The amount of horror, sadness, and annoyance I experienced while reading the book. Ms. Shelley does an excellent job playing with her reader’s emotions.
    2. The monster. Fantastically characterized—he’s hideous, intriguing, lonely, and angry at being deprived of basic personhood and value as well as any hint of acceptance from his creator. And, whereas in the beginning his hope is sincere and desperate, by the end his pain and bitterness are palpable.
    3. The themes woven throughout—from ethics, to scientific exploration, to stigmas based upon appearance, to revenge, to responsibility, to nature versus nurture, to the monster’s compassion, to Victor’s deception (both concerning himself and others)—and the ease with which Ms. Shelley puts forth those themes. While the novel itself seems simple and straightforward, the themes presented tug away at the reader’s inner psyche for a long time after.
    4. The irony portrayed throughout the novel—one example being the portrayal of Victor as our hero, when in reality he is a heartless, cowardly monster and it is in his creation that the seeds of innocence lay. Yet, ultimately, through his rejection, his own creation morphs into the creator’s image. In effect, he abhors and fears himself.

    What annoyed me:

    1. The writing. Although, I recognize the intriguing counterbalance Shelley’s florid style affords the gothic layout, it’s flowery to the point of making me roll my eyes during various sections.
    2. Ms. Shelley’s “telling” of the story versus her showing it to us. One of my main issues with epistolary (letter writing) novels is that they tend to feel like we’re reading some other person’s recounting of their second cousin’s sister’s adventure, rather than pulling us in to enjoy the trip for ourselves. Sorry, but I like to experience adventure first hand thank-you-very-much.
    3. The lack of ANY scientific explanation (even make-believe) for Victor’s experiments. As in, there was none. At all. And, yes, I realize the focus of the book is more on the psychological / emotional goings-on, but seeing as I have a bit of a human bio obsession, I couldn’t get past this. What can I say? I love terminology, and operations, and blood, and ooze and…it just makes the adventure all the more real. At least as long as it’s not actually real. Or being done to me. Or anyone I know.

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    What’s the mood noise of the moment?  Okay, so this is totally random, but it’s for my kids. And it’s funny. Crazy Frog’s Last Christmas

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  • Masquerading as Chocolate Cake

    Thursday, November 11th, 2010

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    I’m in the middle of getting ready for a masquerade party. It’s for my birthday (number 33 if you must know) as well as my sister’s (who’s quite a bit younger than 33, but I’m not bitter…or threatened…ahem), and we decided to throw a party in honor of ourselves. Humble of us, I know :). But, hey, if you promise enough food and music on the invitation, people say yes, so…

    Anyhow, all of this masquerade talk has put me in the mood for two things: (1) A rereading of Gaston Leroux’s “The Phantom of the Opera” for the bajillionth time because it’s amazing (as is the musical–good gracious, it’s incredible), and (2) making my favorite dessert of all time, which I WILL be taking to the party. Tried and true, this is the recipe I pull out when unexpected guests come over, or when guests unexpectedly demand dessert. Either way, it takes 10 minutes to make and 35 minutes to bake. And seriously? It’s the best recipe in the world for a flourless chocolate cake. Although, I’m not even sure why they bother to call it “cake,” seeing as it’s really just rich chocolate goodness masquerading as cake.

    So here you go, my lovelies. Serve it hot, or chilled, it makes no difference. It’s just that awesome.

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    A Recipe for Flourless Chocolate Cake

    • 1 pound semisweet chocolate chips
    • 2 sticks butter
    • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
    • 7 large eggs
    • ¼ cup sugar
    1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of an 8 or 9-inch springform pan with wax paper. Spray the sides with cooking spray.
    2. Melt butter, vanilla, and chocolate in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring continuously until smooth. Cool for 15 minutes.
    3. Bring whole (not yet cracked) eggs to room temp by placing them in a bowl of warm water for 5 minutes. Remove.
    4. Use an electric mixer to beat the eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 minutes. Blend ½ cup of egg mixture into chocolate mixture. Fold in the rest.
    5. Pour batter into the prepared pan and place on a baking sheet in the oven. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out moist but not runny (the key is not to over-bake it). About 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in pan 20 minutes.
    6. Run knife around pan sides to loosen. Remove springform sides. Gently place platter upside-down over cake and flip cake onto platter. Remove pan base and wax paper.
    7. Serve warm or chilled with whipped cream.
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    What’s the mood noise of the moment?  Nightwish

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