Carleen and Mike

In case you didn’t know already, I love chocolate. If a nutritionist examined my chocolate intake they would probably conclude that I consume far more than I should. I love the stuff. However, I do tend to rely too much on store bought items and would really like to get into creating my own chocolate treats. This is a daring prospect for me considering cooking/baking really aren’t my forte. But, I figured with February being the chocolate treat month of the year, maybe I could start a new tradition and venture into new (potentially dangerous but lets think positive) territory. Once a month I’m going to bake a chocolate treat. Last week I found a great recipe for a Chocolate Earl Grey cake on Real Simple.com. It’s basically your traditional chocolate cake recipe with Early Grey tea mixed in. The sweet moist taste makes traditional icing unneccessary…just a little but of powdered sugar sprinkled on top makes it perfect. I fed it to our gaming group on Saturday night and I think it was a hit. Quite a few went back for seconds. Always a good sign.

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