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Sweetly yours, Linda
Wednesday, February 6, 2002
I can hardly believe that it is time to talk about new holidays (wasn't Christmas yesterday). I really enjoy the upcoming holidays because they are so colorful and such great things can be done to make the celebrations "sweet".
The day of love - Valentines Day. Let me your "Love Bug of Chocolate" help make this romantic holiday just a little sweeter. Now this holiday does not mean that you just concentrate on that one love interest your life - let everyone know how much you love them and that can start at the breakfast table. You all now by now that we have every conceivable shape of edible confetti available at A&J and that certainly pertains to Valentines Day. We have red and pink hearts, little tiny red lips, multi color pastel hearts and lots more. What fun to replace the sugar in the sugar bowl with some hearts and lips and sprinkle that on his or her early morning cereal (ought to keep that person guessing about dinner). Now if the confetti is a bit of a stretch for you we also have pink and red sugars that would look really festive.
Now for lunch - if you are the lunch maker in your house - how about taking a large heart cookie cutter and when making that sandwich instead of cutting it in half stamp out a large heart shape sandwich. Be sure to include some delicious chocolate goodie that you have made in that lunch and the afternoon ought to fly by for that lucky person - he or she will be wondering what is in store for the dinner table. The lunch sweets could be as simple as a chocolate sucker that you have made or an oreo that you have dipped in chocolate and topped with a royal icing love bear!
On to dinner - if you are really good - you have made the best thing you can for dinner - RESERVATIONS AT THE LOCAL RESTAURANT!! Skip dessert because you have prepared that at home. I would also suggest cooling down your favorite adult beverage ( I love Asti Spumante - yum). Here are some "romantic" desserts. It could be as simple as taking that cookie cutter that you used at lunch and stamp out some "pound cake" hearts. Using our delicious Rich's Chocolate Bettercreme, pipe a dollop of that on top of the cake and top with with a strawberry that you have dipped in chocolate. You might also get some huge delicious blackberries and dip them in white chocolate and put those on the side of the plate. Finish all that off by sprinkling some of the heart confetti that started the morning on the plate and well - I just cannot be held responsible for what happens after that.
Hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day. Just a couple of more thoughts for now. Mark your calendars for March 9 and 10. The San Diego Cake Club will be having their annual cake show and it is always a great one. It is held in La Jolla at the La Jolla Village Square Mall. It is a terrific two days of demonstrations and viewing of cakes and it is FREE!! Once again they have nabbed me and I will be doing a demonstration on the 10th (Sunday) at noon and would really like to have the A&J group there to cheer me on - so come on down to La Jolla and have a great time (besides it is absolute beautiful down there).
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