Category Archives: Dessert Four layers of chocolate cake with a homemade buttercream frosting between them and a chocolate ganache and toasted almonds to top it off. It really doesn’t get better than that. Oh the happiness of eating that cake was pretty tremendous. Thankfully, it wasn’t a cake that was going to be sitting around our house, because…  Behold, I baked a pie (and crust) from scratch. The biggest achievement? It doesn’t have chocolate! WOW! I almost never, ever make desserts that don’t have chocolate. A sweet potato pie though, that had me interested. Since my mom was coming to visit, I thought it would be a good time to try something new….  Boom. Did the title just blow your mind? If not, wait until you taste this baby. It has been a birthday kind of week in Rappville, since Eric’s parents were born the exact same week. How crazy is that? So this Monday we celebrated the lovely Mrs. Rapp’s birthday and on Thursday we get to…  Surprise! That is always what you want to find in cookies, right? Well, as long as it is a chocolate surprise. I thought I would share with you a food related post today because this past weekend had a lot to do with food. Some people say Superbowl Sunday is about football, others say it’s…  Hey everyone! Are you as busy as I am right now? Even with all my early planning and stress-free holiday season practices, it just gets busy with the last minute cleaning, cooking, and shopping. But I wouldn’t change it for the world because this time of year is just full of warmth and love…oh and… |
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