Sweet Treats with Peggy

I needed a dessert for Easter dinner.  When I want to try something new, I go online.  One of my daughters loves everything chocolate so when I saw "triple chocolate" on this recipe from    My Recipes , I knew that it was the one. It is the buttermilk that makes this cake so delicious, moist and chocolatey.  It seems like a lot of ingredients, but it was so easy to make.  Just a quick note.  I buy my chocolate on Amazon.  Here is the link for the bittersweet chocolate:  Callebaut 811 53.8% Dark Semi Sweet Chocolate Callets 1 lb .  You can check other product suggestions on the drop down menu above.  This would make a perfect cake to serve at home.  It would also travel very easily.   Enjoy!! INGREDIENTS CAKE 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (I used dark) 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. table salt 1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature 3 cups granulated sugar 5 large eggs, room ...

I found this recipe in a newspaper at least 25 years ago and have made it too many times to count.  The reason I was interested in this particular recipe is because it didn't have caraway seeds in it.  Now you can find many recipes without it, back then it was harder.  Of course, you could always add caraway seeds to this recipe if you want to. The casserole dish that I bake my Irish Soda Bread in is 34 years old.  Yikes!  I was living on my own and working in Burlington.  One day a truck pulled into the parking lot and was selling all kinds of household items.  I bought a huge box of different shape casserole dishes (most of which I still have) and lots of other things.  I wish I could remember how much all of that cost.  I do know that it was extremely cheap, which was good for me as I was probably making $3 or $4 per hour way back then. This Irish Soda Bread is phenomenal.  I make it many times during the ...