Thursday, March 06, 2008

More Snow in Dallas


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Originally uploaded by mzones
Woohoo! It's snowing again. We started out the day with a nice rain, then mid-day it turned to snow mixed with rain. Now, it's all snow. Maybe "they" were correct to warn us in the 70's of another ice age. ;-)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

White Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for a friend that I met on the set of The Imposter. She wanted to have some special desserts for a family gathering today and called me up yesterday. The cake part is white chocolate, and the frosting is white chocolate buttercream. I topped the cake with crushed raspberries, then piped on some buttercream and put a whole raspberry on the top of each little one. If I had a block of white chocolate, I'd make some chocolate curls to garnish, but alas I don't and so will just leave well enough alone.

She also wanted a Chocolate-Ancho Torte so I baked that off yesterday too and then poured chocolate-ancho ganache over it this morning. I made some Kahlua Creme Anglaise for her to serve with it.

Wonder which dessert will disappear the quickest.

Monday, March 03, 2008

Snowing in Dallas


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Originally uploaded by mzones
This is a picture taken from my apartment balcony. I knew you wouldn't believe me if I didn't have some evidence. ;-) I wouldn't believe me if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

That's global warming for you.