Mint Chocolate Torte...

So yesterday I desperately wanted to bake and I wanted to bake something I don't usually bake. What came to mind?? A torte! A mint chocolate torte to be exact! Super easy and delicious! I didn't bake it quite long enough, but it still tastes good! The recipe called for 8 ounces of semisweet chocolate, but even I, chocolate fanatic, thought it was a bit too chocolatey! The recipe was very simple, just melt a stick of butter with the chocolate in a double boiler, whip cream, set that aside, whip three eggs and two tablespoons sugar, fold chocolate into egg mixture, then fold in the cream bake in a water bath at 325 for about 25 minutes and that should do it! That was the gist, but here's the link: www.marthastewart.com/356133/chocolate-mint-torte 

Enjoy!

Mmmm, Vintage Santa Cookies...

So, right after Christmas my Grandmother, mother, and I went to Ace Hardware and I found the cutest cookie book ever! It is a Santa cookies cookbook with vintage recipes. So this Friday my best friend, Miss Victoria, and I have a cookie making/television watching party...now she lives in Oregon and I'm stuck in California so this is not a literal, get together, talk, and actually see each other kind of party. It's more of a talk on the phone while making chocolate chip cookies and watching the same exact episode of Downton Abbey in perfect synchronisation kind of party. Ideal? No. Still fun? Heck yes it is. Anyhow, I found a chocolate chip cookie recipe in this new book of mine and I shall report on it when these cookies are made!

Au revoir!