So let's get to know the "Fashionable Baker"

 

I'm a daughter, a sister, mother and a wife. I have the most amazing family ever. A husband who treat's me like a princess, a son that tests his boundaries, and a brand new baby girl who is going to learn the ropes like her older brother soon enough.

I'm currently a stay at home mom living on a teeny little island trying to keep myself busy. And by busy I really mean baking up a storm; creating and making my poor family be my guinea pigs trying out my recipes. When I'm not baking I'm following fashion... ACTUALLY fashion was my first love. I remember being a kid drawing dresses on any paper I could find pretending I was a fashion designer. One day I imagined someone would be wearing au couture "Jillian" (I'm dreaming I'd be a single named icon like; Madonna, Beyonce, Pink just to name few).  I'll devulge more into my personal life later on in my blog ... guess you'll just have to follow me if you want to be as nosey as I am.

This weekend I decided to follow the ever so Fashionable "http://www.littlemissmama.com/" and create a blog entertaining those who like to eat, bake and dream of fashion as much as I do. (I feel much better watching fashion files eating a triple chocolate brownie (made by scratch). I'll never be as skinny as those girls nor do I want to be.)  ... Fashionable Baker is of course Fashionabley late with my first post. But I'll leave you my yummy weekend treat (it got the seal of approval from my husband and picky eating son)  ...

Recipe - You can tweek it to your liking ... I always like to make it my own;

1/4 cup of butter (use unsalted if you prefer but salted won't change the taste.)
3/4 cup of White Sugar
1 tbsp of Honey
2 lrg Eggs
2 tsp of Vanilla
1/4 cup of luke warm Milk
1/2 cup of unsweetened Chocolate melted and slightly cooled
2 1/4 cups of flour
1/2 tsp of Baking Powder

Preheat Oven to 350 F
20-30 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean
Yeilds an 8 inch square pan

Mix in a medium bowl cream the butter (use a fork it makes life easier) then beat in the egg, sugar and honey. Make sure there are no lumps. Add vanilla and milk whisk until evenly mixed, whisk in chocolate - texture should be thickened but still smooth. Mix in flour, and baking powder (mix the flour and baking powder in a seperate small bowl and whisk before adding to the mixture). Pour mixture into your pan. (tip for your pan cut a piece of parchmant paper the lenght and width of the bottom of the pan you use, and butter the sides of the pan (butter, shortening, or vegetable oil sprays work wonders).

 I love chocolate so I took about half a cup of white chocolate broke it up into small pieces and crumbs ... The crumbs will stay on the top the bigger pieces fall to the bottom (just a heads up). When you can see that the chocolate is starting to melt that is visible on the top I pull out the rack in the oven and take a tooth pick and swirl it on the top ... just makes it look pretty.

Now add me to your following list, make yourself a nice chocolate treat ... It's Monday and nobody like's a Monday but who doesn't like Chocolate!