Bittersweet and the little soap company

as honey

 

Finally cooling off in my neck of the woods and the cooler temperatures are inspiring some baking.

 
I have been making this yummy decadent toffee bar cake for many years. I tried seareching for the recipe on the Internet, but couldn't find the same recipe. The original recipe was taken from a vintage 1970 Avon cookbook. It's listed in my cookbook too!

Toffee Bar Cake

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup butter

2 large eggs

1/4 cup chopped nuts

3 coarsely crushed chocolate candy bars

1/4 cup melted butter for top

Combine cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar, set aside.

Combine remaining ingredients EXCEPT nuts, candy and melted butter. Blend on low speed until moistened. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes. Spoon half of the batter into a greased and floured  10 inch bundt pan. Sprinkle with 2 T. of cinnamon sugar mixture. Spoon remaining batter into pan. Top with remaining cinnamon sugar, nuts and crushed candy bar. Pour melted butter over the top. Bake in a 325 degree oven for about 45 minutes or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and dust with powdered sugar. Serves 16 

Enjoy caring and sharing days.

Warmly,

Jill 00 (two hugs are better than one)

Twisty Cinnamon Bliss

Maybe it was cutting all those bars of cinnamon scented soap, or possibly the cooler Automne air, or simply  that my mouth watered for the gooey twisty cinnamon treats. Probably the latter my friends, but in any case, what a joyful change in pace from the Bittersweet holiday manufacturing. Actually, a good friends Dad passed away and I made the rolls for their family, but I made sure there were extra!

I couldn't find my regular recipe. No matter though, most sweet dough recipes are very similar. I always add extra butter, cinnamon and sugar and top them with rich cream cheese icing. I mean come on, if your going to bake these ooey gooey treats do it up right!

I seem to be partial to boxes lately while packaging Bittersweet. I'm working on the packaging for the Holiday Milly Kit and finished the packaging for the Cinnamon Savon Sticks.  

I'm gradually adding Holiday creations to the web site.

Once the prototypes are designed, it's time to begin the little assembly lines. I am offering so many new things this season, the wrapping and packaging will take a good deal of time. There is a pattern to my crazy production line work. For every step there is a  process. I might possibly hire an elf to help speed up the holiday production line.

Blogging offers me some down time to sit and relax and eat one, two, of those cinnamon rolls.

Enjoy caring and sharing holidays.

Happily,

Jill 00 (Two hugs are better than one)

Cinnamon Rolls

There is something mystical about cinnamon rolls, I think.

Every year, never the same time, I have this overwhelming urge to make them.

My mother made the best mouth watering gooey Cinnamon rolls. I have tried to duplicate them but every time I make them  for some reason, even though they are good, they aren't the same.

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night, guess what? Cinnamon rolls on- the- mind at two-o'clock in the morning.

I found a new recipe on the Internet that I think might be similar to my moms. It was a 1959 recipe that sounds good... They are rising as I type....

To be continued.....

Well, I think I  finally found a good recipe.. Just the right amount of gooey cinnamon dripping down the side. The rolls taste so so yummy.. My kitchen smells so so good.. I am going to ice them with rich cream cheese icing.. Does It get any better? Finally, my obsessive passion with cinnamon rolls is over until next year....

Lennis & Patrick will love them..... A special treat when they get home.

Happily, Jill 00