Triple Chocolate Kahlua Cake ...p94

Oh.my.delicious.  While looking for a cake not too sweet - perhaps minus frosting - for my husband's birthday, I came across this Kahlua sweetened winner made beautiful - minus the frosting - by its bundt pan form.  All I can say is, "WOW!" and the critic adds, "YUM!"

Other proclamations:

"Probably one of the best chocolate cakes ever!"

"Another piece, please!"

"How about a third?"

It needed no adorning, good thing considering I forgot to take a picture; but I did drizzle on top of the slices a chocolate wine sauce that I picked up at Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Santa Rosa, California.  Superb!  The little $10 bottle is well worth it - a little goes a long way and is exquisite served atop ice cream.

If you love chocolate, you'll love this cake!  Sorry no pictures!

Hardy Appetit!

Cream Puff Hot Fudge ...p104

Spending mother's day at Linda's meant serving up her boys' favorite Nana dessert: Cream Puffs with Hot Fudge!  Believe it or not, I had before never attempted this recipe, doubting that my own cream puffs would puff creating that vacuous hole in the middle that cried to be filled with something delicious (and preferably sweet).  Reproducing it for my Nana herself was even more intimidating.  Almost like Julie cooking one of Julia's recipes for Julia.  Oh my.

That being said, if you follow the recipe, it works!  The flour mixture pulled away from the pan in a glossy ball..........

the eggs were beat in one at a time; although here's where nana's skills came in to play - I had to have Tricia crack the eggs in while I beat as I couldn't do it fast enough....the egg would begin to cook before I could start beating....

and the puffs doubled in size as the hole within expanded!

My only faux pas was not ordering Sanders Hot Fudge weeks before to authenticate mom's recipe exactly.  They were still delicious, but Sanders makes it right. 

Hardy Appetit!

Grandma Geri's Wonderful Walnut Fudge ...p114

Very creamy and delicious - if you want a fudge that tastes yummy enough to slice and serve to your favorite people, this is a good choice.  While the boiling and stirring adds to the summer heat, thank God you don't have to wash your clothes this way!  I rather enjoyed watching the thick sludge bubble and burst....

Hardy Appetit!