Today is my grandma's 85th birthday. My Aunt Cara is in to visit as well. Needless to say, on her special day we took my grandma out to dinner at this special Italian Restaurant called Vincent's. I had my go to staple, Spaghetti and Meatballs. You can always tell if a restaurant is good by its spaghetti and meatballs...excellent!
The real treat is what I made for dessert. I have tried before (and failed to make) Chocolate Lava Cakes. Once time I did succeed, in the best fluke turned favorite, to make Brownie Goop, a fudge-y, halfway cooked gooey brownie.
This time, I tried a recipe from a show I saw on TV. Of course, I tweaked it by using dark chocolate Ghiradelli chips. Also, we only had whole wheat flour so I used that instead. The recipe called for "Beretta Superfina", or superfine sugar. You can actually make it, I learned at the culinary school, by putting regular sugar in a food processor.
The cookey sticky Chocolate Hot Pots were better than I could have ever imagined. I served with a dollop of frozen Cool Whip (not my choice, but its what my mom wanted). I have outdone myself!
