Thanksgiving weekend is upon us here in Canada! One of my favourite weekends of the year! It seems fitting to share with you all a new seasonal recipe I tried last weekend while we had company, Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Squares! They were a hit with both the young and old! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Squares Ingredients 1/2 cup pumpkin puree (canned pumpkin is fine) 1 whole egg 2 egg whites 1 tbsp vegetable or canola oil 1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Squares
Campfire Dessert Cones for Camping or at home on the BBQ!
A recent camping trip had me searching for a camping dessert recipe that you could make over the fire or on a bbq and the chocolate lover in me found just what I was looking for in this post by Chef Jessica Bright! Jessica's Campfire Dessert Cones looked like a fun thing to make at home with my boys but I wasn't sure that it really belonged at a ladies camping trip so I made these the week before for the boys! Campfire Dessert Cones You will need one Sugar … [Read more...]
Halloween Treat – Boo-tiful Jello Cups
Okay Halloween has come and gone, so this won't help you much in terms of ideas to use, but I wanted to share anyway because it was a quick and super easy recipe that was fun, fun, fun for the holiday! Try modifying this with red or green jello and make snowman whip cream cuties!!! I got this from the Kraft What's Cooking Magazine - Fall 2010 edition Boo-tiful Jello Halloween Treat What You Need 3/4 cup boiling water 1 pkg. (85 g) Jell-O Orange Jelly Powder 2 cups ice cubes … [Read more...]
Triple Chocolate Cake
This Triple Chocolate Cake is a chocolate lover's dream! The Hubster has his birthday along with the boys during 'birthday season' and even shares his birthday with Middle Man, so needless to say, he no longer gets his own birthday cake as we are usually overloaded with cake during those 10 days. But for Father's Day I always make him his own special yummy cake! He loves chocolate cake, and any old garden variety will do for him, but I wanted to make something a … [Read more...]
Triple Layer Chocolate Cake with a Cream Cheese Chocolate Bar Icing
No this Triple Layer Chocolate Cake isn't for me, I did get an early Mother's Day gift already but I might be lucky to get a bowl of ice cream for my Mother's Day dessert! lol okay not really, but nothing this fantastic anyway. This is the cake the boys and I made last week for my own Mom. It is one of my favourite cakes to bring to a dinner because it looks and tastes amazing!! Triple Layer Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Chocolate Bar Icing 1 pkg devil's food cake mix 1 … [Read more...]