A recipe to warrant your elastic pants!

Krispy Kreme Chocolate Cake

18 chocolate glazed Krispy Kreme donuts cut into chunks (slightly stale ones work better)
6 eggs
2 cans condensed milk
pinch of salt
7 tbsp butter
2 heaping tbsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 pound powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F.  In a really large bowl beat eggs and whisk in salt and condensed milk; stir in donut chunks and let sit for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Grease and flour a Bundt pan (or spray with Pam).  Pour donut mixture in and bake for 45 minutes or until set.  Toward the end of cooking time mix the frosting: melt butter in a saucepan and stir in cocoa powder till completely combined; remove from heat and whisk in milk and vanilla, then powdered sugar; keep warm over low heat till needed.  Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto cake plate. Immediately pour warm icing over top.  Yep, go ahead and get your elastic waist pants out, you'll need them after this!

Goat Cheese yumminess

Happy Mother's Day to all you mother's out there and for all you women who are like a mother to someone you love!  Thought I'd share a really yummy recipe my sister Sonya sent me, super easy and a big hit with everyone who tries it!


Pesto Goat Cheese Spread


2 8-oz packages cream cheese, softened
8 oz goat cheese
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 tsp chopped fresh oregano or 1 1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/8 tsp freshly ground pepper
1/4 cup basil pesto
1/2 cup dried tomatoes in oil, drained and chopped

optional garnishes: minced black olives, dried tomato slivers, fresh oregano sprigs

Serve with crackers or artisan bread slices.

Process first 5 ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Spread one third of cheese mixture in bottom of a plastic wrap-lined pan, 8x4 loaf pan works well. Top with pesto; spread one third of cheese mixture over pesto. Sprinkle with chopped dried tomato; top with remaining cheese. cover and chill for 8 hours.

Invert onto serving plate, discarding plastic wrap, garnish if desired and serve with bread or crackers.

Bon apetito!

Lazy, lazy..that's me!

Wow, it's been a couple of months since I took the time to put my thoughts down and I'm pretty sure it's just laziness!  These past two weeks have been crazy busy, my daughter Cydnee is moving to Philly area and is stopping over for a couple of weeks to stay with us til she moves in, my son was in a bad accident and totaled his car, but he's okay just very sore still. Our cat Wally took off last night because of my daughter's dogs and didn't come home til tonight, guess her big dogs are just more than he can handle!  Sam and I, we're working too much and not having nearly enough fun but hopefully a cookout with friends on Saturday night will change all that.  Sam is struggling with some demons of his own and I'm struggling with detesting myself right now because I've gained so much weight.  Why is it there is always something in life that's so difficult? I love food, plain and simple, and I make promises to myself about overeating that I never keep and then get angry at myself and internalize everything which makes me eat even more!  Why can't someone make a magic pill? Good grief, here I go again with my laziness! Everything takes an effort and I need to get my ass in gear to do something about this! Time's a wastin and I ain't getting any younger! Have a good night all..........