Below are the 3 most recent journal entries recorded in avatrix's LiveJournal:

Saturday, December 13th, 2008
3:23 pm	and the Envelope please... I decided that I would pick seven winners this year. There were 63 entries, so you had better than one in ten odds. The fine pseudo random integer generator at Random.org chose: incyr entelein @Andrhia @AOWWaterborn jadesfire55 soi retrovertigo Comments are screened, so you can leave your address here, or e-mail it to me. My username AT gmail. I hope to mail them out on Tuesday. Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
10:15 am	4th Chocolate Lottery Yes friends, it's that time. I have completed my holiday candy making, and as usual I will be giving you a chance to try it out for yourselves! Rules are below, but first take a look at what's at stake... Ginger-Crunch A square chocolate; the ganache is mixed with crushed up ginger caramel. Dipped in milk chocolate. (Callebaut) Raspberry-Wasabi Pâte de Fruit A square chocolate; a layer of chocolate ganache, and a layer of raspberry pâte de fruit, with a pinch of wasabi. Dipped in Valrhona Manjari dark chocolate. S'Mores Bite Homemade marshmallow squares fixed atop homemade graham crackers, then dipped in semi-sweet chocolate (mix of Valrhona and Callebaut) Salted Caramel Molded chocolate (Valrhona Manjari), filled with a white chocolate salted caramel. Two photos, outside and cracked open. ( The rules ) Current Mood: content (69 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
8:35 pm	Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate (Breaking the norm, I have made this post public so that my friends on Twitter without LJ accounts can read this recipe.) So many people started talking about Starbuck's Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate (SCHC) this fall, that I decided I had to try it for myself, and attempt to recreate the recipe. I have a lot of experience in working with chocolate, and I spent a lot of time working with caramel this calendar year, so it seemed like a great project for my time. My goal was to create as simple/easy a recipe as possible, one that would be easy to replicate by any of you that want to try. It isn't exactly what you'll find at Starbuck's, but it's very tasty still. A little less sweet, but you can crank it up by adding more caramel. There is a lot of text here, because I added many notes--but this isn't that hard to do yourself! ( Recipe follows ) Current Mood: content (8 Comments |Comment on this)