chocolate espresso bars

so yesterday i made chocolate espresso bars from the william's sonoma website to bring to a gathering with friends last night. they were reaaallyyy good! well loved by all. somewhat of a brownie but really really dense and chocolatey. i covered it up with the ganache that i had leftover which transformed into a great layer of chocolateyness. surprisingly the bars weren't that sweet, but very rich. i enjoyed them though. they're pretty good when still a little chilled from the refrigerator but not straight out of the fridge. fudgy, chocolatey, coffee-filled goodness. they're gone today. :P

the chocolate bar base


finished product :D


here's the finished product while being devoured : )


my next undertaking might be apple pie baking. there's an "all-american apple pie recipe" contest for the culinary institute of america that i'm interested in. maybe i'll bake a couple and see if any would ever be worthy of submission. if not, it's still a fun project. mmm... apple pie!! can't wait to tinker with all the different components of it. i now also have to think about what to make for this sugar high fridays thing! man.. i live for baking.

a baking beast has been set loose!

hello! this is my first post on a new food blog. these things are so abundant now! but it just seems the more reason to join in and blog away. i can't wait to get started and bake away and post about it! so many projects one could take on, knowing that the blog is here to be a companion and to showcase hard efforts. i've been on a baking hiatus lately due to being busy but hopefully i'll still be able to squish in things here and there. i'll be baking something tomorrow hopefully for a get together with friends tomorrow night. still haven't decided what yet.. but i know it will involve ganache somehow as it has been sitting in my refrigerator from when i made it for coating a chocolate raspberry cake. i made a couple truffles out of it and also baked it inside of some puff pastry.. but i still have some left!! so i'll find something fun i'm sure. it's ganache! it's bound to be good!