About Alexandra Heep

About Alexandra Heep: The internet has allowed allowed Alexandra to maintain a semblance of life when encountering an unexpected, lingering health crisis. The Internet is a lifeline which not only allows her to remain connected to friends, but also survive, via writing.While Alexandra Heep is her pen name, she does not hide behind it. Instead, she used it to brand herself on the Internet and to create opportunities.

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Monday, September 10, 2012

What's Your Chocolate?



I love blog fests and I love chocolate even more. So when the two came together and the blog fest was announced a while ago, I had to jump on it. The hardest part was to narrow it down ... Now when I say I love chocolate, I mean the "real" kind, not the stuff that is unbearably sweet with corn syrup or tons of added sugar and other crap. I want to taste the cocoa!

However, I also love white chocolate and I know it's not really chocolate at all. My favorite would be a combination of the two, white and milk or dark. The creamier, the better, and please - hold the nuts!

One of my favorite desserts is called church windows, I even won a baking contest with it once. It's mostly a seasonal recipe and it does have nuts in it, pecans really, but it is easy to make and very visually appealing.  You can find the recipe online under the name cathedral windows.



12 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Cool you won a contest with it!

Tim VanSant Writes said...

So, can we call you the church window lady? And then you can make some to share with everyone!

Alexandra Heep said...

Well, I haven't been able to make any for a few years, but maybe this time around! I'll share ...

LynnRush said...

Awesome. You won a baking contest? Gosh. I'm just happy when the fire department doesn't have to visit while I'm cooking! lOL!

Gina Gao said...

I'm glad that you won that baking contest.

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Susan Gourley/Kelley said...

Wow, I'm finding all kinds of new receipes for chocolate today. I like 'white' chocolate too.

Ciara said...

I'm with you. I don't like the faux chocolate. :)

Brinda said...

It looks yummy! I love baked chocolate dishes.

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Alex - sounds an interesting recipe - I'll be over to look at it. The chocolate blogfest has reminded me of things I don't think about often .. so now I have a few chocolate wishes - they'll have to be put on the back burner! I can indulge at Christmas ...

Cheers Hilary

Christine Rains said...

No nuts with my chocolate either! My husband would love something with pecans in it though.

Laura Eno said...

No nuts for me either. I've never heard of cathedral windows before. Thanks for joining the blogfest. :)

Binky said...

The worst chocolate is still better than just about anything else. The cathedral windows recipe looks pretty tasty.