Can't stop celebrating! 10-17-09

Today was a nice play-day for me. My Rubbermaids group meets once a month on Saturday and either we have a planned project or we each do our own project. Today's event was that we each brought a project "kit" for everyone else to make and everyone would go home with a variety of cards: birthday, thank you, sympathy, kid, friend...etc.) This was my card. It looks simple but it took me forever (right up to the last hour) to develop the idea!

Here are some of the ladies working on card projects. We are very serious, but never silent!

Our youngest member -- He stayed for lunch and left at naptime!

This is me working on a card. Claudia took the photo. I looked at her and said "hey, you have a camera just like mine!" duh - it was mine!!!

This is the cake that last month's birthday girl made for me. It is a flourless chocolate cake! Very good - maybe we should call it fudge! (recipe follows)...

This is the card one of the ladies made for me from the group. Isn't it cute and creative! I love it.

And here is the inside. It made me very happy.

Next month, I make the card and the cake for the November birthday.

RECIPE:

Flourless cake

Preheat oven to 300 degrees - grease an 8-inch cake pan and dust with cocoa powder. (line with parchment paper).

Melt 8 ounces semisweet chocolate with 1/2 cup butter

Remove from heat and add:

3/4 cup sugar

3 beaten eggs

1 tsp vanilla

Pour into prepared pan; bake 30-40 minutes

Cook in pan at least 10 minutes before turning out onto plate.

Serves 12 - moderate but satisfying slices.

Enjoy!