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JBOTTS
 
Living In: Homosassa, Florida, USA
Member Since: May 2003
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Mexican, Italian, Southern, Dessert, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies: Boating, Photography, Reading Books, Painting/Drawing
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About this Cook
I have a collection of cookbooks that exceeds 150 and love to dig through them and try new recipes.
My favorite things to cook
Anything chocolate!
My cooking triumphs
Made a gourmet Death By Chocolate recipe from a PBS television cook that cost $100 for the ingredients. It took 2 days to make. Well worth the trouble though.
My cooking tragedies
We all have them. I once tried to make chocolate bowls to put mousse in by melting chocolate and dipping baloons in them; when they cooled you pop the baloon and have little dishes to put pudding in. When I put the balloon in the chocolate they exploded all over me and the kitchen 2 hours before company was due to arrive. My husband thought this was hysterical
Recipe Reviews 3 reviews
Pumpkin Cake I
I found it necessary to increase sugar to 1 cup. It could have used a little more spice. But more importantly, it could not be removed from the pan. An ingredient may be missing, maybe a little flour, to make it stiffer so it could be served in squares, rather than as a lump on the plate.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Nov. 6, 2008
Maraschino Cherry Pound Cake
Like another, I cheated and used a boxed pound cake mix. Could not find butternut extract so I substituted 1 ts of vanilla and 1 ts of almond extract. This was absolutely delicious! Would make the original recipe if I needed a large number of servings.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 11, 2008
Canadian Honey Apple Walnut Cobbler
This recipe was too dry for my tastes. I am more accustomed to cobblers where the fruit filling includes sugar and makes a saucy fruit base. The overall result of this recipe is more like a coffee cake.

14 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 4, 2008
 
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