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:: wishlist wednesday ::
:: crack of the week ::
INGREDIENTS
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- Nonstick cooking spray
- 14 ounces semisweet chocolate (do not use chips)
- 2 containers (15 ounces each) part-skim ricotta cheese, room temperature
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 package (9 ounces) chocolate wafers (about 44 cookies)*
- *or a box of aunt annie’s bunny wafers
- ** springform pan
DIRECTIONS
- Prepare pan: Remove sides from a 9-inch round springform pan (see note, below). Place a sheet of waxed paper over bottom, leaving an overhang; lock sides onto bottom, firmly securing paper. Spray inside of pan with cooking spray; line sides with a strip of waxed paper 28 inches long and 4 inches wide.
- Make chocolate-ricotta mixture: Break 12 ounces of chocolate into pieces. Place in a heatproof medium bowl set over, not in, a pan of simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chocolate has melted, 8 to 10 minutes.
- In a food processor, blend ricotta until very smooth, about 1 minute, scraping down sides of bowl. Add warm chocolate; blend until smooth. In a large bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in chocolate-ricotta mixture.
- Assemble cake: Arrange half the cookies in an overlapping pattern to cover bottom of pan. Spoon half the chocolate-ricotta mixture on top of cookies; smooth top. Cover with remaining cookies; top with remaining chocolate-ricotta mixture, and smooth top. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 6 hours and up to 2 days.
- Before serving, release sides of pan and remove waxed paper from sides. Using bottom piece of waxed paper, pull cake onto a platter; with a metal spatula, lift cake and remove waxed paper. Using a vegetable peeler, shave remaining 2 ounces chocolate over top of cake. With a knife dipped in hot water, cut cake into 10 slices (wipe off knife, and dip in hot water after each slice).
- after refrigerating it turns into a deeper, redder brown.
:: weekend recap ::
coffee talk
Where they spend their final night before a proposal (or a break up) on a beautiful island in a remote area of the world they never dreamed of visiting, and have a proposal (or break up) on a mountain top overlooking crystal blue waters whilst a helicopter swirls around them and its the most incredible thing ever.
while googling for pictures for this post, these two pictures came up.
I repeat, I just can’t.
(those of you that don’t watch the bachelor are so excited all of this is over and I can stop talking about it :D)
MOVING ON…….
I cannot wait for the season premiere of Southern Charm next week!
set your DVR’s!!
I forgot to set my DVR for Shah’s of Sunset and have yet to see the first two episodes because they aren’t on demand! Help! I’ve heard they’re incredible and the clips I saw lead me to believe nothing less.
on WWHL my-boyfriend-andy-cohen said viewers were writing that she looked pregnant and I thinking YES but on WWHL she looked like her normal 10 pound bitchy crazy self.
What is it that we are going to find out next week about why Stassi really hates Scheana because I’m excited!
I will never understand how Jax gets ANYONE for a million reasons but on top of all of it he is so scary looking…. he looked like a 90 year old scar from the lion king at the reunion.
:: KUWTK ::
Keeping up with The Kardashians was never a top viewing show of mine, but they replay it so much that I always end up seeing all the episodes during my weekend hangover not moving for 8 hours off the couch binge.
This season, however, that starts March 15th, will be an exception.
I will be DVR’ing ALL of em. It’s gonna be nuts.
there are preview clips here and I’m real confused.
bruce is becoming a lady, but he is secretly talking to one of his ex wifes best friends?
I don’t get it.
unrelated, but Khloe’s new house looks insane.
then I googled and it says it is BEIBER’s old house and I threw up in my mouth a little.
:: RHOBH ::
those pancakes that vanderpump and kyle definitely did not eat more than one bite of looked insane.
I should have known it would be as fabulous as yolanda.
I’m super disappointed in Lisa Rinna for acting like nothing has happened with Kim five seconds after the most insane scene ever. I’m hoping its just to get through the trip and that back in the states she is serious about being done with her.
:: jackhole of the week ::
I mean, seriously.