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White Chocolate Martini

February 4, 2013 By + 56 Comments

“PLEASE EAT MORE CHOCOLATE.  AND PLEASE LISTEN TO MORE COLDPLAY.”  Chris Martin

White Chocolate Martini | From My Sweet Heart

Sometimes I like to drink my chocolate, too!  For this month’s Chocolate Party, we were asked to pair chocolate with…..chocolate!  I hope Roxana, at Roxana’s Home Baking, and the founder of this fabulous group will let me slide this month as I pair two kinds of chocolate liqueur and add dark and white chocolate as the garnish.

For 1 White Chocolate Martini:

  • 1 ounce of vanilla vodka
  • 1 1/2 ounces of Godiva white chocolate liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce of creme de cacao
  • 1 ounce of cream

Place the alcohol into a cocktail shaker with ice.  Shake until mixed and cold.  Add the cream to the cocktail shaker and gently swirl.  Pour into a martini glass and garnish with shaved dark chocolate and white chocolate swirls.

I always pair my cocktail posts with a piece of my favorite music.  As you can see from the quote, I was inspired by Chris Martin of Coldplay.  And I would love to share my favorite song by them, Us Against The World.

 

 

Check out what else took place at The Chocolate Party this month.  And EAT MORE CHOCOLATE!



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Chocolate Tweed Angel Food Cake

September 6, 2012 By + 67 Comments

“A TRIP TO THE MOON ON GOSSAMER WINGS.  IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.”  Cole Porter

Chocolate Tweed Angel Food Cake | From My Sweet Heart

Angels in tweed?  Well then how can they fly?  This cake surely should have been named Chocolate Gossamer Angel Food Cake.  Not at all like those sticky, chewy cakes you buy at the market.  The texture of this cake is so light and silky; it just about melts in your mouth! Flecks of dark chocolate temper the sweetness.  White chocolate pearls float atop a cloud of chocolate whipped cream.  One bite is a trip to the moon on gossamer wings!  And I will never go back!  What is the key to this luscious, ethereal texture? [Read more...]

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Triple Chocolate Terrine

May 26, 2012 By + 73 Comments

“UNLESS YOUR NAME ENDS IN BASKIN OR ROBBINS, I REALLY CAN’T FIT YOU INTO MY SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.”  Uniek Swain

Triple Chocolate Terrine | From My Sweet Heart

 If you are in the mood for a cool, creamy treat; you will not have to run to Baskin-Robbins to get it!  Nor will this fast and easy dessert take any time out of your schedule! This is as creamy as a mousse with the chill of an ice cream.  And if you can whip cream and melt chocolate,  then you have the makings for this elegant and special dessert. . . . . [Read more...]

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Raspberry White Chocolate Mousse

March 19, 2012 By + 97 Comments

“A BLUSH IS MODESTY’S FIRST IMPULSE AND SOPHISTICATION’S AFTER THOUGHT.”  Anonymous

Raspberry White Chocolate Mousse | From My Sweet Heart

There are many variations on chocolate mousse.  But I think none are more elegant than those made with white chocolate.

This white chocolate mousse recipe is a lightly sweet canvas for any variety of fruit, flavors and garnishes.  Here, I’ve topped mine with some simple berries and grated white chocolate and white chocolate shavings.  What gives it it’s pretty blush?. . . . .

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Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

December 12, 2011 By + 46 Comments

“SHARE OUR SIMILARITIES; CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCES.”  M. Scott Peck

Cherry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies | From My Sweet Heart

I was so thrilled to participate in THE GREAT FOOD BLOGGER COOKIE SWAP 2011!  First of all, I have to give a huge thank you to Julie at The Little Kitchen and Lindsay at Love And Olive Oil for all of their efforts and hard work in making this happen.  I can’t imagine what it took to pull off something of this magnitude.  But I only hope it was as much fun for them as it was for us!  I’m so happy to have been introduced to some fabulous new blogs and some really great people!  I can’t wait till next year!  If you are interested in participating next year, you can sign up here.

It was equally exciting to visit the blogs of those I would be sending cookies to; and then again those that I received cookies from!  Everyone writes with a different voice and style, but we are all brought together by our love for cookies!  And now I have 6 more sources of inspiration!

I chose to make a chewy, cherry and white chocolate chunk oatmeal cookie.  It is one of my favorites (it’s hard for me to resist any recipe that calls for a tablespoon of vanilla in it!).  And my lighting wasn’t ideal so my cherries look more like raisins (which I love…but not in cookies!).  So I took a close up. . . . . [Read more...]

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Chocolate Mint Thumbprints

October 23, 2011 By + 34 Comments

Another delicious recipe from BAKED SUNDAY MORNINGS! 

Chocolate Mint Thumbprints | From My Sweet Heart

These cookies are not just for the holidays anymore.  A nice, light minty chocolate cookie filled with peppermint white chocolate.  I ran out of clear rolling sugar so I improvised with some colored sugar, non pareils and chocolate jimmies (that’s what we call chocolate sprinkles in New England!)  These are easy and fun to make.  Since the recipe calls for you to press your ‘thumbprint’ twice; once halfway through the baking!!!….I decided to use the rounded edge of the handle of one of my whisks.  And I really think you could adapt both the cookie and the filling to accommodate any occasion.  Leave out the minty flavor and use coffee or raspberry or rum; add the same flavors to the filling or use dark chocolate ganache or caramel!  The variations for flavors and decorations are endless!  On a scale of 1-5, I am giving this 4 whisks! [Read more...]

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Chocolate with Caramelized White Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

October 2, 2011 By + 22 Comments

“C IS FOR COOKIE.  THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.”  Cookie Monster

Chocolate with Caramelzied White Chocolate Sandwich Cookies| From My Sweet Heart

I have been thinking lately.  Since my blog focuses primarily on desserts, I feel compelled to try to post things that are a little different or out of the box in some way.  We all have our own great tried and true recipes for the perfect chocolate chip cookie, or that fabulous brownie.  And we all have our family recipes that we will stick to no matter what!  I may love the taste of your apple pie. And you may love the taste of mine. But come holiday time….we’re probably going to make our own apple pies.  Unless…..there is a twist!  And so it is with these seemingly simple chocolate sandwich cookies!  I’m sure everyone reading this has a good one in their repertoire.  So I thought I’d offer you a technique that I have tried for the first time.  And it’s one that I’m sure you can adapt to many other recipes. You see…..that gorgeous filling in between the cookies is none other than caramelized white chocolate! Find out how to do this and what other fabulous ingredients give it this wonderful color and texture….. [Read more...]

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Chocolate Rocks & Twigs Bark

August 13, 2011 By + 26 Comments

“ROCKS?  WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT EATING ROCKS?”  Maurice Sendak/Where The Wild Things Are

Chocolate Rocks and Twigs Bark | From My Sweet Heart

Sometimes you come across a product that you are not looking for, never even knew existed, and don’t have a clue what you will do with it!  And so it was that I happened to find these chocolate rocks!  These are fun little pieces of chocolate candy which really do look like rocks!  But the texture is light and crunchy.  This weekend, I had a craving for chocolate bark and so I decided to incorporate these cute little pebbles into the mix!  See what I did and tell me how you might make use of them……. [Read more...]

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Iced Berries in Warm White Chocolate Cream

May 25, 2011 By + 7 Comments

“SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION.”  Leonardo DaVinci

Iced Berries in Warm White Chocolate Cream | From My Sweet Heart

Sometimes the simple pleasures are the best.  And there are some things in their natural form that just can’t be improved upon.  Like biting into a peach on a hot summer day and feeling the juice trickle down your chin onto your favorite white tee shirt!

Well sometimes in the middle of the week, you need a pick me up.  A dessert which feels a little more special than a bowl of berries, but which doesn’t take a lot of time.  This treat is sublime!  From the joyous clink of the berries, like ice cubes, into the glass….to the sweet rich cream which bathes and warms them back to their soft, sweet state.

I hope you will try this.  The possibilities for variation are many!  Switch up your chocolate, or berries, or add spice or liqueur.  Just kick back, relax and enjoy!

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Vanilla Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

April 21, 2011 By + 7 Comments

“ANYTHING SIMPLE ALWAYS INTERESTS ME.”  David Hockney

Vanilla Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting | From My Sweet Heart

In the culinary world, we speak so often to ‘depth of flavor’ and layering of seasoning and spices.  Honestly, to me, sometimes keeping it extremely simple is best.  I love to experiment with some over the top flavor combinations. But there are those times when I just want to enjoy a basic sugar cookie, or a piece of buttery shortbread, or a spongy madeleine.  And for the first snowfall of the season, I always bake a “snowcake”; a simple bundt cake lavishly dusted with powdered sugar.  The common ingredient in all of these treats? . . . . .

 

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