Found While Looking Around--and it deserves it's own post!

Dirty Snow Cake

I found a new recipe that sounded so good, so I gave it a try yesterday. It's a white cake with crushed Oreos added to it (the "dirty" snow). The filling is 1 cup of whipping cream, a little sugar and more crushed Oreos. The frosting is 2 cups of whipping cream and 1/4 cup of sugar. I added a touch of vanilla extract and powdered sugar. So pretty, and it tasted even better than I thought it would!

NOW It's Officially Fall!

I just made my first pumpkin pie of the season! We love it--I don't know why I don't make pumpkin in the Spring and Summer, except the pumpkin shortage the last year probably affected my recent pie choices. We got a half-pallet of canned pumpkin in the store yesterday, tho, so I think I'm good for awhile!

Zucchini Bread

The garden, the little bit I had, produced a goodly amount of zucchini. (Still is, actually!) So last Sunday I shredded up several to make bread. The plan was that I would make a different flavored batch each evening after work. Which didn't happen! Surprisingly, it hadn't soured so early this morning I had a zucchini bread making marathon. I have found throughout the years that Christmas isn't Christmas for me unless it includes lots of baking. And somehow, now I can't seem to get motivated to do a large amount of baking without Christmas music! (We all have our little eccentricities!). My daughter got up mid-morning and walked in and just stood and stared at me. Finally she said "Christmas music? I could hear it in the bathroom. I knew you were baking", and walked out. They know me so well!

Why I'll Never Be Skinny

Rainy day today, and outside activities are limited! So I pulled out this recipe for Chocolate Mousse Torte I got off a nilla wafer box that I've been wanting to try. I had even bought the ingredients weeks ago, but hadn't taken the time. It was a hit--even my son, who isn't a fan of cream cheese, liked it. Yeah! I'm one of those people who pull pages out of my magazines because I want to try the recipe, but then they never get made. I decided I was going to start trying some of them. According to my husband, tho, the problem is I make something, it tastes great, and then I never make it again. My filing system leaves something to be desired! Maybe, someday, I'll be organized!

Rhubarb Pie

I like to bake. Usually, come Fall, I start baking like mad. By Spring that falls away a bit. But lately I've gotten the bug again. Mainly, I've been baking cookies, but the rhubarb was ready, so I spent part of my Sunday baking a rhubarb pie. I add a diced apple to cut some of the tartness (and the icky feeling my teeth get!), so technically, it's rhubarb/apple pie! I know you can't tell from a picture, but I think this was one of the best pies I've ever baked--and my husband agreed. This from my biggest pie fan! The Rhubarb crop is looking pretty good this year--I see lots of pies in our future!