Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake

·       2 C. Cake Flour

·       2 C Sugar

·       ½ tsp. Ground Cinnamon

·       2 Sticks Butter

·       ¼ C Cocoa

·       1 C Coca-Cola

·       ½ C Buttermilk

·       1 tsp. Baking Soda

·       2 Eggs

·       1 tsp. Vanilla

·       ¼ tsp. Salt

1.      Sift together the flour and sugar.

2.      Heat butter, cocoa and Coca-Cola to boiling point.

3.      Add to the flour/sugar mixture. Stir to blend.

4.      Add buttermilk, soda, eggs, salt and vanilla & stir.

5.      Pour into a greased and floured oblong pan.

6.      Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes. (Batter will be thin.)

7.      Ice while hot.

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COCA-COLA ICING:

·       ½ C Butter

·       ½ C Coca-Cola

·       4 C Confectioners' Sugar

·       ¼ C Cocoa

·       1 T Vanilla

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1.      Heat to boiling point the butter, cocoa and Cola-Cola.

2.      Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; stir to blend.

3.      Poke holes in the hot cake and pour the hot icing over it.

Rogan Josh Lamb Curry

• 2lb lamb leg, cubed
• 4 TB oil
• 4 TB Penzy's Rogan Josh seasoning
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 large onion, minced

1. brown lamb in oil
2. remove lamb, brown onion in same oil
3. add seasoning, salt to onion, stir 1 minute
4. add in lamb, water yogurt
5. let cook on low heat 1-2 hours
6. raise heat and reduce until thick

Panang Curry with Chicken

• 5 tablespoons Panang curry paste (you can find this at an asian market)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 cups coconut milk
• 2/3 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cubed
• 2 tablespoons palm sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce, or to taste
• 6 kaffir lime leaves, torn
• 2 fresh red chile peppers, sliced
• 1/4 cup fresh Thai basil leaves

1. Fry the curry paste in the butter in a large skillet or wok over medium heat until fragrant
2. Stir the coconut milk into the curry paste and bring to a boil
3. Add the chicken; cook and stir until the chicken is nearly cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes
4. Stir the palm sugar, fish sauce, and lime leaves into the mixture; simmer together for 5 minutes
5. Garnish with sliced red chile peppers and Thai basil leaves to serve

Potato Casserole

Needed a quick potato casserole recipe to bring to our friends house, and Allrecipes.com did not disappoint.  Here it is:

Ingredients:

• 5 pounds red potatoes, cooked and cubed  (scrub the potatoes then boil them for 25 minutes)
• 1 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 4 cups cubed Cheddar cheese
• 4 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 large onion, finely chopped (saute in garlic and olive oil if you have a couple extra minutes)
• 1 cup mayonnaise (we use the mayo with EVOO)
• 1 cup sour cream (we used Creme Fraiche, and it turned out great)
• 1 tablespoon minced chives (feel free to use lots more of this)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Recipe:

1. Combine potatoes and bacon in one bowl
2. In another bowl, combine everything else and mix
3. Add those two bowls together, mix (but not TOO much)
4. Transfer to a greased 4.5 qt baking dish (we actually halved the recipe, and it filled up an 8x10 casserole dish)
5. Bake for 50-60 minutes at 325F until bubbling

Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Icing, Zabaglione, Creme Brulee French Toast

These are good.

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Icing

Zabaglione

Creme Brulee French Toast

Molten Chocolate Cake...

This is a richer version of our famous chocolate souffle.  We ate it instead of dinner one night this weekend:). You have to refrigerate the "dough" for 1 hour before putting it in the oven, so this recipe takes a bit of time, but it is well worth it.

Ingredients:
6 oz. semi sweet chocolate
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate
3/4 cup unsalted butter
3 egg yolks
3 whole eggs
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup all purpose flour

Directions - Butter 8 six-oz. ceramic ramekins and dust with flour.  In a bowl over a double-boiler, melt butter and chocolate, set aside and let cool.  In a mixing bowl, use electric mixer to combine eggs and sugar until pale yellow batter holds shape and forms ribbon on beaters.  Blend flour into egg-sugar mixture with the mixer for 3 minutes.  Add chocolate mixture, being careful to incorporate everything; mix for 2 more minutes.  Pour about 6 oz. of batter into each ramekin and refrigerate for 1 hour.  In an oven preheated to 475F, bake ramekins on a cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes, or until they are puffed up and don't jiggle when moved.  Remove from oven and serve immediately.  Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

*Note: We made this recipe in one large ramekin (chocolate souffle dish), and it was wonderful, but it would be better in smaller ramekins.  The molten part in the middle was large and overwhelming - it would be more balanced with the cake outside/molten center if it was separated into individual ramekins.

Posted by Stephanie

Apple Crisp

This recipe is from allrecipes.com - we recommend making a little more topping then the recipe calls for - it is amazing!

Ingredients

• 4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 dash ground cinnamon
• 1 dash ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons butter, diced
• 1 pinch salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Place apples in a pie pan and dust with cinnamon and nutmeg. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
3. In a food processor chop nuts with a few short pulses. Pour in sugar and flour and process to combine. Add butter and salt and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle topping over apples.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.