October 11, 2008

Mmm...Chocolate Sea Creatures!

Whats the best thing to do when there is nothing to do...make sweet treats of course! For some reason I have been wanting to make chocolate turtles, so today I made a few...since I am the only one here I didn't make a whole batch or I would eat the whole batch. These were the most stupid easy things to make and my favorite thing about them is that they are blank canvases. You can go so many places with these cute little chocolates. You can change the type of nut used...I was thinking cashews would be delish. Also for the holidays colored chocolate or sprinkles would make these guys very festive! Imagine bringing these to your next cookie exchange instead of those same old cut-out cookies!
All you need to make these is a bag of pecan halves, which you arrange on some parchment paper or a greased cookie sheet. Then some soft caramel candy and chocolate chips or wafers in dark or milk chocolate (I used milk chocolate wafers). Then you pour some melted caramel over your nuts and then the melted chocolate...chill for a bit....voila chocolate turtles...Easy as Pie! (an odd saying by the way because an actually good pie is really not that easy?)
Enjoy the pics...I used some white chocolate with green food coloring to make them look more turtley!




October 8, 2008

Inspired Birthday Cake...1st official post!

So I made this cake for my boyfriend's birthday and I was inspired by a cake I saw on smitten kitchen. My cake was a peanut butter cake with peanut butter cheesecake filling between the layers and then more peanut butter buttercream and then a dark chocolate ganache topping. This was my first time topping a cake with ganache and I think it came out rather well. This is definitely something I would like to work more on but there will be time for that later.



A New Blog and Daring Bakers

Hey there...
My name is Rachael and this is my new blog! I have started it so that I can participate in as a member of The Daring Bakers. Plus I am a food blog junkie so I guess to further my addiction I might as well start my own, right? Well more later, wish me luck while I try and figure this site out!