Cream Cheese Brownies COOKING LIGHT, MAY 2002It's always good to have a can of fat free, sweetened condensed milk in the pantry. If you do, you can make nummy goodness like these brownies. I read the recipe wrong and melted the butter. Oops. I whipped the butter and sugar for a bit longer to get some air into it. The batter was quite thick. I had difficulty spreading it into the bottom of the pan. Not sure if that was from my faux pas or not. … [Read more...]
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake From EatingWell: The EatingWell Diabetes Cookbook (2005) Saturday night conversation with S. S: Do we have any chocolate? Me: No, but we could make something. S: Like what? Me: Well, there's this One-Bowl Chocolate Cake recipe I was going to try. S: Don't you always make it in one bowl? Me: *chuckles on the way to the kitchen* So there we were at 8:30 whipping up this chocolate cake. Luckily enough, I happen to have whole-wheat pastry flour. … [Read more...]
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Red Velvet Cupcakes COOKING LIGHT, DECEMBER 2011 O.M.G!!!! These are DELISH! So, me, in my infinite wisdom, decided to start these right around dinner time. Yeah...not to bright. There's not HUGE amounts of counter space in this apartment and, well, every inch was being used when S was trying to shred the chicken for the Mexican casserole. LOL Picture this...a stand mixer, mixing bowl with egg whites, measuring cups and spoons, muffin tins, cooling … [Read more...]
Rich Chocolate Babka
Rich Chocolate Babka COOKING LIGHT, NOVEMBER 2011 Chocolate and bread...how can you NOT want to make this? I mean...look at that picture! I just want to scarf the whole loaf like a fat chick!!I got a wild hair and made these and the Real Bagels from the same issue. Don't ask me what possessed me to bake bread that day, but I did. *shrugs* The timing wasn't the best for these two recipes. I think the bagels suffered. They should have cooked a little … [Read more...]
Double-Chocolate Cream Pie
Double-Chocolate Cream Pie COOKING LIGHT, JULY 2000 I make this, but have learned to vary the recipe a little bit. The filling is VERY dense, but VERY good! I usually buy a pre-made, refrigerated pie crust because it's easier. I do need pie weights though... I have some rice that I use to pre-bake the pie crust with. It works, but not the best method. Yes, beans would be better. Shush!I had two recipes that I was blending together and got … [Read more...]
Triple-Chocolate Cheesecake
Triple-Chocolate Cheesecake COOKING LIGHT, APRIL 1996 For Christmas I asked for a spring form pan. Yes, I ask for kitchen shit for Christmas, Birthdays, etc. *I* am a kitchen hoor!! Obviously, I got one. *happy dancing* So, now come the experiments with cheesecake. This being my second one, but first one with the right tool! :DI made the crust too thick and cooked it too long. The sides were REALLY crunchy. I used chocolate … [Read more...]
Chocolate-Banana Snack Cake
Chocolate-Banana Snack Cake recipe Cooking Light, May 2006 This is the second time I've made this. I refer to it as the divorce cake. I made a double batch once. I took half to a friend's house for a party thinking I would have some for later when I got home. Yeah, no. He ate the WHOLE EFFING THING! Yes, I went ape. This is pretty good. It's chocolate-y with a hint of banana flavor. This time, I added a little bit of banana flavoring to make it a little more banana-y. I took it to one of the … [Read more...]
Fudgy Brownies
Fudgy Brownies recipe Cooking Light, JULY 2002 Yes, they're fudgy. The batter is really thick and you need to really spread it into the pan. I only had dark chocolate cocoa powder so they were more like blackies than brownies. *snort* I don't now if CTM liked them all that much, but I sure did and will make them again with regular cocoa powder. Measuring cups and spoons Whisk Rubber spatula 8x8 pan … [Read more...]