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CNYEats Cream Cheese Frosting on top of Poor Man’s Cake

This week we bake for the “Poor Man” (don’t we all claim to be?!). On page 164 of our book A Taste of Utica, there are two recipes for Poor Man’s Chocolate Cake. You can’t miss especially when you look on page 163 and top those cakes with homemade cream cheese frosting. Ready? Here we go. Poor Man’s Chocolate Cake by Michael & Judith Labombarda “This is my favorite chocolate cake in the world. My recipe has been in the family for years. Whenever I make and bring it to a gathering outside Utica, people go absolutely bonkers and beg [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-22T16:42:25-04:00April 22, 2012|Taste of Utica|4 Comments

Running Cold and Chocolate with Francois Chocolate Loaf Cake

No great mile accomplishments this week. I’m backing off to 50 miles with a shorter long run of 13 to 14. A down week is needed, plus the Beer & Chili 10K on Sat. Today I got up with the intention of getting that long run out of the way since Sunday was a day off. No go. I looked at the treadmill and decided there are better days, went back to bed. An hour later, Shane and I went outside in the chilling cold and ran 6.2 miles. It was 7 degrees when we left and 3 degrees when [...]

By Joanne|2011-01-31T06:45:21-05:00January 31, 2011|Chocolate|10 Comments

Chocolate Chile Lava Cakes

I’m a sucker for recipe contests. I love coming up with my own recipes and this one presented the perfect challenge: “A Chile & A Spoon” recipe contest. by Marx Foods. The rules: 1. Create an original recipe using at least one of the six types of chilie’s provided by Marx Foods. 2. It must be a dish that requires a spoon to eat. The first recipe that came to mind was of course Chili. Then I thought how I’ve wanted to incorporate heat with sweet. But what could I make that was sweet which required a spoon? Pudding? [...]

By Joanne|2010-11-21T16:24:43-05:00November 21, 2010|Baking|16 Comments

Listening to the sounds of morning

As usual, the alarm went off but every body part ached. We had the windows open in the bedroom and the sounds of the birds, the water flowing in the creek with a gentle breeze blowing was whispering ..."stay in bed...don't get up...stay in bed". I listened to the the morning sounds and took natures advice. Shane and I walked/ran for 4 miles on sore feet. Breakfast was a smaller portion of Cream of Rye with cinnamon and raisins, a vanilla VPX shake with 6 stawberries (they were on their way out) and FUZE. Today is another delivery for Meghan. She [...]