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German Chocolate Cake

Posted by Rex on February 06, 2010 - Print This Post Print This Post
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Last week I wanted something sweet.  After trying to recreate the Pot Belly dream bars, I had a ton of coconut lying around.  The one thing that I always think of when I have coconut is German Chocolate Cake.  It is that chocolate cake that is iced with a creamy coconut frosting.  When I was researching this recipe I found that it is not German at all.  German Chocolate Cake was originally made with a type of Baker’s Chocolate called German’s Sweet Chocolate bar.  German’s Chocolate was a type of chocolate that was made for Baker’s by a man named Sam German.  Yep, the cake is named after a type of chocolate, not a country.  I had no idea.  No matter where it comes from, it is super tasty.

German Chocolate Cake

The three layers of cake with the coconut frosting are amazing!

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Recreating the Dream Bars #2

Posted by Rex on January 10, 2010 - Print This Post Print This Post
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Yesterday I posted the recipe for my first attempt at dream bars. It was extremely tasty, but not the dream bars that I was looking for.  Today is my second shot.  I wanted to make the crust chewier and more moist.  I wanted the top to be chewy but not cookie like.  So I changed things up a bit today.

Dream Bars II

Dream Bars II

The crust is perfect.  The top is almost there, but not quite.

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Recreating Dream Bars #1

Posted by Rex on January 09, 2010 - Print This Post Print This Post
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I love Potbelly’s Sandwich Works.  They toast the subs, they are extremely cheap and they have Sheila’s Dream Bars.  I purchase one of these puppies each and every time I enter Potbelly’s.  So the other day I had a thought, why purchase a sub to get a Dream Bar when I could make them at home.  Only problem.  I have no recipe and I need to purchase a couple dream bars to get it right.  The second part was no problem.  This is my first attempt at the dream bar.

Dream Bar Try #1

Dream Bar Try #1

Not quite the same, but still a damn good cookie bar.

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No-Bake Cookies

Posted by Rex on October 10, 2009 - Print This Post Print This Post
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My Mom would always make these awesome chocolate cookies for me when I was growing up.  I recently asked her for the recipe.  Go figure, no-bake cookies require no baking.  One pan, a little parchment paper and 40 minutes.    Talk about quick treat.  I couldn’t wait to try mine so I had one right after I dropped them on the parchment.  I would recommend against that.  It was like eating napalm.  150+ degrees of tasty goodness.

No-Bake Cookies

No-Bake Cookies

The hardest part is waiting for them to set.

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