Grafted by Grace, Growing with Purpose
Hey, y'all, since it's Christmas time and you may be looking for an easy, festive, make-ahead dessert to feed a crowd, I thought I'd share an updated version of the most popular recipe on my blog - Chocolate Cream Trifle. This simple Trifle recipe has been viewed over 750 times! It's elegant enough to be... Continue Reading →
Hi there! I've relocated to a new website! For an updated version of this recipe - including a handy printable version - please Click Here or on the image below to view it at my new website, The Wild Olive. We had another ice event around here, and when my man came home early... Continue Reading →
It's hard to say which is my favorite: deep, dark chocolate cake with vanilla frosting or tender, intensely vanilla cake with rich, dark chocolate frosting. I guess I lean toward vanilla cake while my John is all about chocolate cake. So yin and yang - we really do complete each other! Since my baby loves... Continue Reading →
I recently made a chocolate pie that was so rich, so delicious, so silky-smooth and yet so easy I just had to share it. If you love French Silk Chocolate pie but avoid it because of the huge amount of fat, the dairy or the raw eggs, then this is the pie for you! Traditional... Continue Reading →
This is the first recipe in the "Cakes" section of the 1950 Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book (BCPCB), so I thought I'd start here on my quest to cook back through this classic cookbook. The BCPCB offers two "styles" for each cake - one made with the traditional Creaming Method, and one made with their... Continue Reading →
The last three weeks have been pretty glum around here. We've endured non-stop cold, cloudy days with occasional apocalyptic downpours. The most un-Springlike Spring I've ever spent in North Carolina. But a great big box on my doorstep from the King Arthur Flour Co. put the sunshine back into my life! KA had one of... Continue Reading →
Whenever I need a dessert for a crowd (20+ people) I make an easy-peasy trifle. Trifles are brilliant - they are quick to assemble, feed a ton of people, taste great, look amazing, always impress people and can be varied a jillion ways to suit your taste, what you have on hand or what's in... Continue Reading →
