Milk Chocolate Frosting – Stretch

Today was not only Valentine’s Day but also my roommate’s birthday. Last night he put in a request for a 3 layer yellow cake with chocolate frosting. The last time I made a cake with chocolate frosting, I made the frosting from scratch. He didn’t like it. He wanted the kind that comes in a can. I do keep that item on hand but don’t really like it’s taste. Plus, I don’t eat chocolate and it isn’t my birthday so if that’s what he wants, that’s what I’ll use but I also knew that 1 can wouldn’t be enough to frost a 3 layer cake and I didn’t want to go to the grocery store. I decided that I would try something and if it didn’t work I would throw it away and hit the grocery store anyway, to buy more frosting. But it did work and from what I was told by those that ate it, it was great. I put my 1 can of frosting mix in a mixing bowl, melted 1 cup of melted chocolate chips and mixed them until they were well blended. I had plenty of icing and several people wanted the recipe for my “Milk Chocolate Frosting.” I did give it a taste, even though I don’t like chocolate, and it didn’t taste anything like what came out of the can. It was rich and creamy. It also gave it just enough stiffness that when I wrapped a piece in plastic wrap, the icing didn’t stick to the wrap. I think I’ll try this with some cream cheese icing using white chocolate chips next.

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Milk Chocolate Frosting – Stretch

Let me Call you Sweetheart Blog Hop – Valentine’s Day Dinner

This is a freak of nature but I found this perfectly heart shaped potato in my bag of potatoes. That will never happen again! But even if you don’t find a heart shaped

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Let me Call you Sweetheart Blog Hop – Valentine’s Day Dinner

Valentine’s Day History

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I would give us all a little history lesson as to how this holiday came about. February 14 was the day Rome honored Juno, the goddess of women and marriage. It was also the night before their spring festival called Feast of Lupercalia. On the eve of the festival, girls’ names were put into a jar and boys reached in and chose a partner for the festival. These often lead to marriage. When Claudius II was emperor, he ordered all the Roman military not to marry, fearing it would deter them from being committed to battle. But, Christian priest Valentine decided to secretly marry those couples in love and looking to make it legal before the soldier had to leave. Valentine was arrested and put to death on February 14. He was canonized as a saint creating the holiday which became Saint Valentine’s Day in honor of priest. Now we know a little history regarding Valentine’s Day.

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