Coffee Cup Cake

This is a dangerously easy and instantly gratifying treat!

In a large coffee cup, mug, or ramekin combine the following:

4 tbs flour
4tbs sugar
2 tbs cocoa powder -or- 1 tbs vanilla -or- 3 tbs chocolate chips
1 beaten agg
3 tbs oil
3 tbs milk

Combine well with a fork. Microwave at full power 3 minutes.

Edge Brownie Pan

I stumbled across this today and just have to pass it 0n. What a grand invention! I bet you can use it for sand castles too ;) Don't mind that grit in the brownies!

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

This recipe is from the Dinner Diva Leanne, as posted on the FlyLady newsletter. It sounds lovely, and I want to try it so will post here for future reference.


Real Homemade Chocolate Pudding
(Almost as fast as the boxed kind)
Serves 4

1 egg yolk
2 cups milk
1/4 cup flour or cornstarch
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons mini-chocolate chips

In a small bowl, using a wire whisk, mix the egg yolk and milk
together well.

In your saucepan, mix together the dry ingredients until well blended.
Slowly stir in milk/egg mixture. Go easy—you don't want it lumpy (use
your wire whisk). Heat over low heat and continue to stir until
mixture thickens.

Pour into pudding cups. Sprinkle the top with the mini-chocolate chips
(they will melt—this is a good thing. Swirl before you inhale.)

McEntyre's Bakery Weekly Special

Every Tuesday - well, more accurately, late every Monday night - McEntyre's Bakery in Smyrna publishes its Weekly Internet Special.

This week's is a 1/2-dozen cupcakes for $2.99.

Click here & print up the coupon & enjoy!

Rice Pudding

i love rice pudding, so with plain leftover rice after shrimp & rice for supper, i decided to whip up a batch. i followed the Creamy Rice Pudding recipe at AllRecipes.com, except that i only had 1 cup of leftover rice, so i cut all ingredients to 2/3, except for the 1 egg.

Next time i'll try adding some alcohol ... maybe B

ärenjäger, & perhaps using brown sugar rather than white.

Here's the recipe, in case you're too lazy (as i usually am), to click on the link

Creamy Rice Pudding

1-1/2 cup cooked rice

2 cups milk, divided

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 t salt

1 egg, beaten

2/3 cup raisins

1 T butter

1/2 t vanilla

1. Combine rice & 1-1/2 cups milk, sugar & salt in saucepan. Cook on medium heat until creamy, 15-20 minutes.
2. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup milk, egg & raisins. Cook another 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from heat & stir in butter & vanilla.
4. Serve warm.