Author: lindy

Dark Chocolate Cake

~ lindy

Dark Chocolate  Cake

Cream together:

*3/4 cup Butter, at room temperature
*2/3 cup Granulated Sugar
*2 large Eggs
*2/3 cup Brown Sugar, packed
*2 teaspoons Vanilla

Add:

*1 cup Buttermilk, I used powder Buttermilk reconstituted
*1/2 cup Sour Cream, at room temperature
*2 tablespoons Water

Sift the following and then add to the above wet ingredients:

*1 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
*1 cup Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate Powder

*1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
*1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda

Mix in a stand mixer all the above ingredients until well combined.  (I used a 1/2 baking sheet lined with sprayed parchment paper) Fill baking sheet three fourths full. Bake the sheet cake in a pre-heated oven at 350*F. for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely before cutting round circles with cookie cutter.  This recipe can also make 24 cupcakes, but it will depend on how full you fill each cupcake cup/liner with the batter.
Recipe adapted from Food Net Work


Strawberry Chocolate Cake Towers

  • 20 Strawberries, sliced, some whole for the topping
  • Dark Chocolate Cake Circles
  • Whipped Cream or 8 ounce Cool Whip Topping
  • Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup or Ganache
  • Dessert glasses or Jars, we used 8 ounce Ice-cream dessert glasses

Start with layering in glass jars:  sliced strawberries, cake circles and whipped cream/topping.  Repeat and top with whipped cream/topping.  Drizzle with chocolate and top with strawberry and dazzle more chocolate if desired.

We made 8 strawberry Chocolate Cake Towers.

    

Enjoy!

Lindy

BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

~ lindy

 

BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

*4 pounds bagged Chicken Drumsticks, frozen and thawed in refrigerator
*1/2 cup Lemon Lime Soda
*1/2 cup Honey
*1/4 cup Molasses
*2-3 tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar or Distilled White  Vinegar
*1 Tablespoon Whorstershire  Sauce
*1/4 cup Brown Sugar
*1 cup Ketchup
*1-2 tablespoons Chipotle Hot Sauce, Fontera or Chipotle Adobo Sauce
*2 cloves Garlic, minced or pressed
*1/4 cup minced Onion, or 1  1/2 tablespoons Dried Minced Onions
*Salt and Pepper, to taste
In a crock pot with liner, add Chicken drumsticks and 1/2 cup lemon lime soda.
In a bowl combine the remaining ingredients.  Pour half of the sauce over the chicken drumsticks and cook on high in crock-pot for 5 hours or 6-8 hours on low or according to your crock pot instructions.  Then remove the chicken from the crock-pot and onto a foil lined baking sheet and baste with the remaining BBQ sauce ingredients.  Then in a preheated oven at 425*F and bake for 15-20 minutes.  Remove from the oven and cool slightly and enjoy!

 

            

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Lindy