Well folks my kitchen is almost *almost* done. My hubby has been working hard to get everything done and has done an amazing job. It's been less then two weeks and everything is nearly complete. There are only a couple of finishing touches that I want complete before I share the photos with you, so you'll have to hold on to your shorts for a little while longer. Thankfully the kitchen is in working order and I was able to whip up some of these Caramel Cappuccino Walnut Bars in my brand new oven. Yay! I haven't had an oatmeal bar...
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One part of the Daring Cooks challenge this month was to make some sort of fried wonton dessert. The filling and shape were up to us. I chose to go with a Peanut Caramel which I rolled into balls and coated in chocolate before wrapping them up into homemade wonton wrappers. Once they were cooked, I drizzled them with more chocolate and sprinkled them with peanuts. The only thing that I would change about this recipe is that there was too much caramel per wonton. It was very sweet. I wrote the recipe as I would make it next time. I...
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I failed. Miserably. Two failures in a row, people are going to stop visiting this blog pretty soon. Well, I shouldn't say it was a complete failure. The cakes turned out beautifully, the buttercream was exquisitly delicious, and the caramel was caramely. What killed me was the assembly and pretty much everything else surrounding this whole situation. It took me three days to make this cake. One day to bake, another day to make the buttercream and then find out that both of the batteries for my camera were dead, and another to finally assemble this monstrosity. I thought I would...
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I know you are probably going to think I am crazy, but I could not resist another challenge. This time it is Sugar High Friday! The host this month is Zilla from Climin' the Walls and the theme she picked is Sweet without the Wheat. As is fairly obvious, we were to come up with some form of dessert that could not contain any wheat. This came just in time for Mothers day. I was wracking my brain trying to think of what to make when I stumbled upon this challenge, and then the wheals started turning. I knew that I wanted...
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