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Ali,

Sounds fantastic! We had grilled fish and salad.
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I made lamb chops tonight. I heated the cast iron skillet and put them in there with butter, freshly chopped garlic, rosemary, thyme. I made a cucumber-onion salad with Greek yogurt dressing (I added sour cream, too) and dill.

It was good. I have food coma. Ahhhh...... :-) The 3 small glasses of pinot noir helped the coma. :-)


*Was it on here I saw a question recently, about "what's the difference between plain, full fat Greek yogurt and sour cream? I wasn't sure myself, purchased both at the store tonight and did a taste test. The sour cream is a bit more sour, the plain Greek yogurt is a neutral flavor. I like both.
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Grandma,

What do you use instead of the tub? Okay, I am confused by the recipe. Do we mix the frosting and then pour into the cake or dump dry frosting mix in?

The cake looks yummy. I would have to share with neighbor. Only hubby and I. A whole cake is too much for just two people.

Crawlin cake? Gosh! I am not as big of a baker as you all. I don’t know any of these recipes.
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Lu,

That’s what I do. I eat one scoop. I get the kid size cone at Baskin Robins. It’s plenty enough. It’s the sugar cone. I switch up the flavors. I like variety!

I do love the smell of the waffle cones when they make them.
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I had roasted parmesan cauliflower with peppers, a piece of haddock and some applesauce. Thanks to earlybird I think I'm going to finish with a banana split - mmmmm
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Dinner:
Huge banana split divided three ways at a wonderful ice cream farm. I hope it is the last ice cream treat until next summer. Gaining too much weight.
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The tubs of frosting will not work in the tunnel of fudge cake. That is why the confectioners sugar is so much of the sugar in the adapted recipe.
There are cakes that call for a Tub of frosting and they are called "Crawlin' CakesI " for very good reason if you do not gently stir the frosting into the batter and if you over mix it the cake will crawl out of the pan and make a huge mess in the oven (experience here at work!)

Anyone looking for Cacao Nibs try in the "natural" or "Organic" section of the store. I have seen them in a store local to me Mariano's, it is part of the Kroger chai and that includes Harris Teeter, Frys Pay Less and a whole slew of others. There is also "The Web" anything can be found on line 😉
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pamzimmrrt: Yep, I'm still in Millersville - small town 30 minutes due south of Baltimore.
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We like the Sugar cones NHWM and I fill them full.1 scoop for me and 2 for my dH.
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Wait, I did not mean we are going to eat it all, just that we have so much left, I was thinking of sharing.
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Lu,

Waffle or sugar cone? I like both! Sounds 😋 yummy!
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What a perfect dinner Send!
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An entire quart of chocolate ice cream! 🍨
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NHWM,
My ice cream turned into an ice cream cone.It's been my "thing" lately-ice cream cones.......every night :)
And any leftover cake around here,goes out to my birdtree.They Love it too~
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Made a great soup with baby bok choy, garlic, onion, mushrooms, some carrot slices, ginger, and miso soup mix. Very comforting as the weather gets colder. Still hungry after so I had a (bunless) turkey burger.
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Lu,

Thanks for info. Enjoy your ice cream!

Thanks for clearing that up. I think Bundt cakes are pretty. Plus it’s not a giant layer cake.

Who can eat an entire piece of o three or four layer cake?

Every time I am served a large piece of cake I throw more than half away or give to someone else.
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NHWM....The box of frosting is what my Mother wrote on her recipe card and now it's been discontinued,so maybe now,you'd use a little tub like they sell or make a frosting from some other recipe to fill it.

The whole cake is chocolate Send,with the goo in the middle~

Now,all this talk has made me hungry for some chocolate....
The chocolate ice cream in the freezer will do till Send gets my cake made~
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Thank you so much Grandma'54~I appreciate you writing the Tunnel of Fudge cake #2 out for me.All the details really help.
The Cacao Nibs sound good,but Iv'e never heard of them or seen them before.I'll have to check the cooking isle.
The Tunnel of Fudge cake is my favorite and it's the cake that Mother always served on my Birthday through the years.It's so good and chocolate-y.I just Love it! I am blessed to have all my Mother's and GrandMother's recipes.It's just too bad that some ingredients have been discontinued and you can't get 'em now.
I'm going to try your recipe the next time I bake one Grandma.Thanks again~
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Ali,

I like the Cubs! I root for your team. New Orleans has an NFL team, Geaux Saints! We won last night but we don’t have a major baseball team. I love baseball. I used to watch it with my grandpa. He was a Yankees fan.

My optometrist grew up in Chicago. He was a Cubs fan but his dad and grandpa were White Sox fans so he always had to attend the Sox games with his family.
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Pam,

You say that your husband has taken over cooking, and that is fine with you while you do your favorite thing, baking!

My daughter’s boyfriend and a few of his friends are fabulous cooks! My daughter is trying to learn more about cooking.

Well, she says that she is interested in learning anyway! Hahaha I wonder!

Her boyfriend’s best friend is truly a gourmet cook! He cooks incredible meals. Her boyfriend is a fantastic cook too.

They serve it really pretty too. She sends me pics and the presentation is incredible. They use wonderful ingredients and cook from scratch. Foodies!

They made a deal with her. She helps with prep and cleanup and they cook the best meals!

She barely cooks anything. I told her that she picked the right guy! LOL. He is a sweetheart and can cook too!
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Oh hey, Grandma1954, *waves to the west.* You're the closest AC user I've met so far, haven't met anyone else on here that lives in Chicago that regularly uses the forum. There are probably a few, but we don't normally discuss specific locations all that much unless it's about elder laws of the land.

I've only ever been to the Pete's at Western and Madison. I always wondered if all the hot and cold food bar offerings are standard in other store locations, or if that one is special due to proximity to the Loop. I have fun exploring all their food stuffs, they have a lot more than Aldi does.
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Luckylu...
That is the original recipe for the Tunnel of Fudge cake that won the Pillsbury Bake Off YEARS ago. Unfortunately they have discontinued the Boxed frosting mix.
I have a recipe that was printed in the paper that is an update of it. The interesting thing is they subbed the nuts with Cacao Nibs to make it nut free but I would imagine you could use nuts in place of the Nibs. The nibs give it the same texture though but it amps up the chocolate a bit.
It is an outstanding cake
Tunnel of fudge #2
2 1/2 sticks butter, room temperature
3/4 Cups cocoa powder
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1/2 Cup boiling water
2 Cups flour
2 Cups CONFECTIONERS sugar
1 tsp salt
1 Cup cacao nibs
1 Cup packed brown sugar
3/4 Cup granulated sugar
5 large eggs
1 Tb vanilla
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a Bundt pan then dust with a bit of cocoa rather than flour. Tap out excess
Place bittersweet chocolate in a small heat proof bowl; pour boiling water over chocolate. Whisk until smooth. Let cool to room temperature
Whisk together the 3/4 Cup cocoa powder with the flour, confectioners sugar, salt and cacao nibs.
Beat the butter with the brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy (use paddle attachment if using a stand mixer). Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla. Add the cooled melted chocolate, beat until combined.
Add the flour mixture and beat just until combined.
Pour the batter into the pan. Bake until edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 45 minutes (Do not use a cake tester it will not come out clean)
Place cake on wire rack and cool for 1 hour 30 minutes Do NOT try to take the cake out of the pan earlier than this it will not come out.
Invert onto a wire rack let it cool completely about another 1 1/2 hours.

If you wanted to use nuts rather than the cacao nibs I would replace them with the same amount of chopped nuts.
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Roast chicken and veggies! Smelling yummy!
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AliBoBali...Thanks, now I see a trip to Glen Ellyn in the near future for me! (closest place to me that has a Pete's Fresh Market)
And I just searched for a particular brand of Lard for Pork Carnitas I plan on making this weekend. ( Found it at Woodman's) Funny thing is when you ask for LARD people look at you like you have grown a second head!
I LOVE Spanakopita and make it fairly often. I get the Feta at Costco it is the only place that I have found that carries a Sheep's Milk Feta all the other is made from Cows' milk.
PLEASE make sure you write down the treasured recipes from your Grandparents. It would be a shame to loose them
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NHWM, I buy this and that when I go in.. the triple crown is great, as is the cherry. I also buy hubs the "dirt " seasoning,, it goes well with grilling! Llama, are you in my neck of the state?
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LuckyLu,

Wow! Sounds like a killer cake!

Is that your favorite cake?

What do you mean by frosting mix? A box of frosting? Please clarify. Thanks.
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Thank you Luckylu!
I have downloaded that to my hard drive by taking a screenshot.
My dH did it for me. Something new.

Is the cake chocolate, or just the fudge tunnel?
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Thanks Send~
Here's Mom's recipe just as she wrote it.
"Tunnel of Fudge Cake"
1 and a half cups butter(3 sticks)
6 eggs
1 and a half cups sugar
2 cups cake flour
1 package of frosting mix
1 bag walnuts
Bake in bundt pan at 350* for 50 minutes
Mom knew how to layer it,so she didn't write that part down,but I'm sure you put part of the cake mixture down ,then all the frosting on top that and then you put on all the rest of the cake mixture left and bake it that way.
And also,she baked her love inside it,so you'll have to do that too~
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Pam,

I looked up that website for the preserves. Oh my gosh, they have a pork loin recipe that looks fantastic that is made with mustard and apricot preserves.

I want to try it. It’s cooked on the grill. Looks simple to make but sounds yummy!

What products have you bought from them? Have you tried the apricot preserves?
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pamzi: Got to love McCutcheon's!
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