Celebrate

Our family doesn't really need a reason to celebrate but we pretend like we do and therefore appreciate the simple things in life. Like my niece turning 6 months old today. So we made chocolate lava cakes. She couldn't eat them but we sure enjoyed them.



Chocolate Lava Cakes

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
4 ounces semisweet chocolate
10 tbsp butter
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup 10X sugar
3 eggs
3 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease 8 small ramekins with butter.
2. Melt chocolate, butter over a double boiler or microwave until melted and smooth. Next add flour and sugar. Then stir in eggs and yolks until smooth.
3. Pour evenly into ramekins and bake for 14 minutes. The inside will remain gooey like lava!

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. Batter can be made in advance but they are best when served fresh out of the oven.



It was a good day, cold and rainy but being on vacation I had no reason to leave my parents' house. I will be happy to be back in Pittsburgh in a few days but in the mean time I'll enjoy the family. Mom and I are working on felting wool into purses and I am reading a few books, Overdo$ed America and Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green. I think I am mostly a creature of habit and enjoy my daily routine but time off is always good. I didn't even realize that today was Friday.

Make Lava Cakes before you make a New Year Resolution!!!!