Monday, May 24, 2010

for a good cause


Sometimes I get a little enthusiastic about things. Especially food.  After my church announced a dessert auction, I got cupcake crazy and started a multi-hour search on the internet for the perfect combination. Because I wanted to get top dollar. (Eventually) I settled on chocolate cupcakes, filled with chocolate mousse, topped with chocolate ganache. Luckily nothing went wrong and they were really fun to make. I got really excited about picking the most perfect looking twelve and finding out how easy and amazing chocolate ganache is. I definitely wasn't going to mention that the chocolate mousse was silken tofu blended with a bag of good chocolate (plus a little maple syrup), because one time my dad ate it and pronounced it delicious before he knew what it was. So, I didn't worry about it much. Anyway, I will modestly say there was a small bidding war--I just hope whoever ended up with them thought they tasted good.

I better get going--I am hosting book club tomorrow (book: In Defense of Food--read it!) and have hours of baking ahead of me...

6 comments:

Joe and Katie said...

Those look amazing. And... In Defense of Food= AMAZING!

nikkiricks said...

ohhh they look delicious.

Unknown said...

I wanted those. Bad. But I just couldn't break the $30 bid. But I can tell you the Bishop won. I am jealous. I wanted to try one of those babies more than I can say. Woe is me.

linds said...

Oh those were good! Nice work Mal! They were the best looking and probably tasting dessert there, no doubt!

Tiffany said...

those look so scrumptious!!!!!

Lorrie said...

Those look simply amazing!