Black Bottom Cupcakes
Date: November 18, 2007 | Discussion: No Comments
Jane and I are making these on the anniversary of our sister’s, Barbara Shelnutt Bolender, death as a special remembrance as suggested by our youngest sister, Sarah.
Cooking with Gourmet Grains is one of Jane’s favorite cookbooks, her first edition becoming so tattered, it needed to be replaced. She also gave Barbara a copy and Barbara [...]
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Emergency Desserts – Chocolate Mousse
Date: April 22, 2006 | Discussion: No Comments
I was in great need of a very fast dessert and remembered making chocolate mousse in 15 minutes. I couldn’t find that recipe immediately, so used the Raspberry Pie recipe in the Family Cookbook which looks awful but tastes just fine.
However, with a little more time to look, found what I had used in the [...]
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hot fudge sauce
Date: October 18, 2005 | Discussion: No Comments
Remember Wowies’s E-Z 7 minute fudge that never fudged after 7 hours? Remember pulling taffy with out hands all buttered up? Remember Wowie making bayberry candles?
This sauce is reminds me of Rehoboth. It’s so good, so easy, and so addictive. It’s the kind that hardens when it hits the cold ice cream.
Take 2 cups of [...]
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Raspberry Trifle
Date: September 19, 2005 | Discussion: No Comments
Custard sauce
2 cups 2 percent milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 tbsp freshly grated orange zest
2 large eggs2 tsp vanilla extract
Filling
20 ladyfingers
1/4 cup tawny port (or Grand Marnier)
3 packages (6 oz each) fresh raspberries
Stir milk, sugar, cornstarch, and zest in a saucepan. Bring mixture almost to a boil over medium heat. Beat eggs in blender on [...]