A super easy recipe and finally an excuse to use the chocolate mold i bought several months ago! I elected to go the double boiler route instead of microwaving the chocolate and wpuld recommend that to anyone trying this themselves. You just end up with a more uniformly melted chocolate that behaves better. I'm glad i went with the mold instead of traditional pan barkbecause it breaks the bark into uniformly sized pieces with a perfectly cream texture with a bit of snap thanks to the candy cane chunks inside.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there! I've been so busy starting a new job that i havent had much time for baking. But we are having a thanksgiving potluck tomorrow so i decided to take on a bunch of stuff at once! Had to do a challenge this month, have to do all my Thanksgiving prep today because i am working tomorrow and Thursday so i won't have time, and I gotta make a good impression on my new co-workers! Tomorrow morning I'll whip up some fresh whipped cream!

I still have 2 more small cobblers in the oven as I write this up, as all the small ones will be going to friends around town for them to share with their families as well.

Honestly, who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

Went off of this recipe only i used a roind cake ring instead of a square one. I'm not happy with how the carmalized hazelnut crunch turned out, as it became way to solid, and the glazing didnt want to stick to the sides of the cake, but all the flavors were absolutely amazing?

I'm not much of a bread guy, but figured i would give some brötchen a go! My currywurst is pretty lackluster, but the brötchen is awesome! I added about a teaspoon of ground mustard to it to give it a bit extra German umf and i am incredibly happy with it! The beer is Frankenmuth Oktoberfest out of Frankenmuth ❌ichigan. The stein is from Twin Oast Brewery out Catawba Island Ohio. Their Oastoberfest is my favorite Oktoberfest around here and I have been going for several years now.

Proast! Have fun, and be safe!

I've been doing the 52 weeks of baking challenge all year and decided to do buckeye cupcakes for the cupcake challenge. Matches up perfectly with the huge OSU/ND game tomorrow, so go Bucks!

These chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing, dipped in chocolate ganache have a delicious homemade buckeye sitting right on top! If you love peanut butter, its a treat for you! But be warned that making buckeyes can be a tedious endeavor.

Furthermore, go Buckeyes and beat that team up north!

For the non-English among you, Pimms is a botanical, gin-based liqueur. A Pimms cup is the perfect summer cocktail with bright citrus flavors if the liqueur being brought out by the cucumber, lemon,and mint in the drink. There is a lot of variation on how people make their own Pimms Cup, but my Geordie mother always make a pitcher with plenty of ice, ginger beer, cucumber and lemon slices, with a mint leaf for garnish. We are experiencing the summer's last hurrah here in NW Ohio so i figured it would be a perfect time to go a Pimms cake!

I based it off of this cucumber cake recipe but added a few twists to make it a Pimms cake. The cake has a teaspoon of ginger powder and a tablespoon of molasses to represent the ginger beer, a splash of peppermint extract in the icing, and i subbed out the gin for Pimms No. 1. I recommend a quarter teaspoon for the peppermint extract in the icing. I used half a teaspoon but it was too strong and overpowered all the interesting flavors of the Pimms No. 1 in the icing. Maybe next time I'll put the peppermint extract in the cake and put the ginger powder in the icing. Either way, it's an excellent summer snack for the adults!