A time it was, and what a time it was, a time of...

You wondering what kind of title is that?...Actually it's the first few lines of the Bookends lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel. This delightful gift box of goodies went to the Bookend Cafe as a "test". Test to see if the clientele would like a dessert like this and a test to see what they would pay for such goodness.

These gems are dark chocolate cakes made with sour cream and cocoa, filled with dark chocolate mousse and raspberry puree, topped with vanilla meringue buttercream, sparkling sanding sugar with a Valrhona crunch pearl. The Valrhona pearls are "crunch" covered in Valrhona dark chocolate that my daughter, Erika sent to me from LA, la land!

She is able to shop this WONDERFUL store that used to be Surfas aka Culinary District, which is a chef, gourmet cook and baker's delight. I really wish there was something out here that was like it. Everything out here wants your license number, tax number, etc, etc, etc...but for those of us just getting started- we have lots of desire, appreciate all the wonderful ingredients, have some monies, but can't get pass the gatekeepers. What a poor business mistake!

Anyhow, keep warm- rumor has it there is more snow on its way!