Rich chocolate, filled with chocolate mousse and topped with chocolate buttercream – this cake will satisfy all your cravings! In regular and high altitude.
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
Recipes
Potato and Leek Soup with Sausage
Potato and Leek Soup with Sausage. Growing up in Kansas, we were poor. But Mom would figure out ways to stretch her dollar to feed a family of five, and one way was with soup. Chicken soup, dumplings, galushkies, vegetable beef . . . and good old potato! Potato soup has a million variations, of course, simply because it’s so versatile that you can add …
Whole Wheat Raspberry Bars
Looking for a really easy, healthy dessert recipe that you can whip up with the kids? Try these Whole Wheat Raspberry Bars. Dwaine and I make our own raspberry jam from raspberry bushes we have planted in our yard here in Denver. Black raspberries are our favorite, but we also have red. We take an afternoon every so often and make a batch of jam, following …
Best Hasselback Potatoes
A while ago, I needed a dish to take to a gathering. Potatoes seemed to fit with the overall plan, so I started researching and came across Hasselback Potatoes. But I wanted the Best Hasselback Potatoes. So I started to improvise. I liked the idea of the Hasselback method – making thin slices in each potato so that the edges get crispy while the inside …
Roasted Cauliflower Bites
Just tried a baked cauliflower recipe this morning. I came across this Roasted Cauliflower Bites from one of my Facebook friends who is forever sharing yummy-looking desserts. Thanks Glenn! Very low in calories and salt, no carbs, but high in fiber and nutrients from the cauliflower – these Roasted Cauliflower Bites are easy and quick to make. Fresh from the oven, coated in a tangy …
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies are fun to make, delicious to eat, and festive for any holiday celebration. Try your own favorite jam. We like raspberry the best. Dwaine and I make our own black raspberry jam. He learned how from his mom back on the farm, where they would grow black raspberries every year, harvesting them in long-sleeve flannel shirts to keep from getting sliced to …
Best Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
There are a few dishes that just scream “Comfort Food”, and Homemade Chicken Pot Pie is certainly one of them. Smelling that buttery crust and rich, creamy filling baking in the oven on a chilly fall day is what baking is all about. And what’s better than preparing a pie from scratch, using all-natural ingredients?
Coconut Cream Cupcakes
Coconut Cream Cupcakes It’s finally springtime here at the edge of the Colorado Rockies. And with that comes time to shift gears to something with a lighter taste. Coconut fills the bill here. These Coconut Cream Cupcakes are all-natural and substitute coconut milk for some of the fat you would normally add with butter. I have another recipe for Old Fashioned Coconut Cake that I’ve …
Homemade German Chocolate Cake
Regular and High-Altitude Homemade German Chocolate Cake No cake mix, just real Homemade German Chocolate Cake. Moist and full of flavor from all-natural ingredients, this cake will be a hit with everyone. Cowboy Concierge on the Road I spent a month in Berlin to study the German language. I’d studied it in college, but of course, over the years, I lost most of it. But …
Wilma’s Scalloped Potatoes with Ham
Wilma lived into her 90s, and she passed along many recipes from her days as a farm wife. Raised during the Great Depression, the recipes often deal with using food on hand and/or stretching a dollar. An added bonus is that the ingredients used are simple and natural (well, except for the oleo!) I’ll be sharing them with you as I try them out. This …