Chocolate Makes The World 'Go Round

Chocolate truly makes the world smile.

Not convinced? Okay, have you ever seen anyone take a bite of chocolate and burst into tears?

I rest my case.

Wouldn't it be great if we could solve the world's problems by eating a chocolate covered strawberry?

You can bet Yolande was smiling when I baked her this double layer Scharffen Burger Chocolate Cake for her birthday this week.

Lots of smiling going on.

Lee Ann's birthday was also this week and I decided to experiment a bit. Knowing that she liked chocolate and bananas, I took the plunge. After cutting the bananas into 1 inch wedges, I dipped them in chocolate then rolled them in toasted coconut. The cake is Devil's Food with a Chocolate Ganache filling layered with freshly sliced bananas. I have to say that the taste combo was fabulous and I will definitely make this one again.

Now for the bad news.....I made Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Rolls......just to see how they would come out.

DANG!

I almost crawled into the oven to eat them while they were baking. Don't worry.....I will be doing a tutorial later. I know that PW already has one posted, but a tutorial is fun to do AND I know my sister Kathy wants to make them with me. That's right....fasten your seatbelts again, because the next time I make the Cinnamon Rolls, we're going to make them at Kathy's!

In the meantime, start sewing an elastic waistband into your pants now, because after eating a couple of these, you're going to need the extra room.

On that note, Good Luck Jen, Charlie and Marg who are participating in the Rock & Roll Marathon in San Diego tomorrow, May 31st, 2009. They are running to raise funds for Lymphoma research.

Run, Run, Run.

Run for the Buns!