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Four Layer Chocolate Mousse Cake

Four Layer Chocolate Mousse Cake

When each of my three sons’ birthdays rolls around, I ask what type of birthday cake they’d like even though I know what the answer will be without fail. Chocolate.  Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.  Chocolate with more chocolate on chocolate with chocolatey chocolateness, please.  

Dark Chocolate Tartelettes

Dark Chocolate Tartelettes

I know I’m not alone in having had the experience of finding something long forgotten — if noticed missing at all.  The purses sitting just beyond a comfortable reach on the top shelf of my closet are veritable treasure troves when I finally decide one 

Caramel Moonpies

Caramel Moonpies

 

 

Caramel Moonpies

You know how I blather on about my mother’s old Betty Crocker cookbook, right?  Well.

Not too long ago, I was thumbing through it remembering the recipes and illustrations I used to enjoy and noticed how beat up the tabs were.  As I looked more closely, I noticed a few things I wouldn’t have paid  attention to when I was nine.  And now, well, I’m not exactly sure how to respond to some of it.

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