Chocolate Chunk Bundt Cake

I love bundt cake, and I love adding delicious bits of chocolate and nuts to make a simple and delcious cake even tastier:

The base for this cake was basic: butter, eggs, sugar, to which flour and leavening are added:

The thick final batter:

I layered the batter with chunks of chocolate and pecans:

And baked until golden brown and slightly cracked on top.
After baking, I promptly forgot to photograph the final cake - it was eaten too quickly!

Bread I Like: Diner Toast

You've had this toast before:
It's the same thing every time, available in white, whole wheat and sometimes rye. It's pre-buttered and slightly salty, and there should be grape jelly in individual containers alongside.

I like toast from the diner alongside my eggs, fresh, not homemade, crispy, thin, and perfect, alongside my bottomless cup of coffee.

Chocolate Chip Biscotti

Chocolate Chip Biscotti:

I made these and double chocolate biscotti in one go, adding cocoa powder in place of some of the flour to make the extra-chocolatey version:

Mixed quickly:

This dough is baked into a log, sliced, and then baked again until nice and crisp:

All you need is a hot cup of coffee:

Oatmeal Toasting Bread

Oatmeal:

This recipe from King Arthur makes one of my favorite whole grain breads. When I was putting together the ingredients, I used some whole wheat flour in place of about half of the regular flour to up the grain content:

The dough smooths out nicely after kneading:

And after a first rise, was soft and malleable. You can see where my fingers dented the dough:

The bread rose well, and once it was baked...well, we ate it so fast I neglected to get a finished picture. yum!

Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

I love a pretty swirled cupcake:

This was a quick recipe - mix up a peanut butter swirl, melt some chocolate and butter...

Add some sugar, eggs, then flour to the chocolate mixture:

Dollop into cupcake tins:

And baked!

Bread I Like: 1942

That's right. Eat some bread.