OH MY.....YUM-O

So tonight.....I decided to bake a cake and I watched to use a chocolate icing, so I searched and searched the net for a good recipe. I came across one on the Martha Stewart website and it has to be 

 the most amazing, best tasting chocolate icing I've ever had or made! 

Here is the recipe below but you can also see it at this link....I just used a different form of chocolate than they did. 

www.marthastewart.com/351206/chocolate-buttercream-frosting

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup egg whites (about 6 large)
• 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 16 ounces dark chocolate, melted and cooled slightly (I used 2 cups of Hershey's Cocoa instead)

 
 Directions 

1. Place sugar and egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer set over (but not touching) a pan of simmering water. Whisk constantly until mixture is heated and sugar is dissolved. Attach bowl to an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and continue whisking until cooled and stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.
   
2. With the mixer running, add butter, one piece at a time, until completely incorporated. Continue whisking until a light, fluffy cream has formed. Stir in chocolate until well combined.
   

Today......

My husband and I are both off work! yippie.  Not sure what big plans we have for today, I haven't been feeling the best, woke up with a nice migraine this morning topped with nausea, super! I needed to clean though...so somehow I did it anyways. Let's just say the smell of Clorox when your head is pounding is a pretty bad combo! Oh well, at least I got it done! 

This weekend was pretty fab, we finally went out and did something. The last few weekends, we've stayed at home or just around the area. Regardless, my weekends are made up of a lot of grad school homework! Anyways, Friday night we went down the road a little and ran some errands...and my hubs took me to...SONIC haha. So bad for me but we rarely go! Saturday we went down the hill to Palm Springs/Palm Desert and went out to dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen. We've never been to one before, but it was super good. I ordered a White Pizza with a White Sangria and the hubs ordered this amazing salad. We then split a piece of Red Velvet cake. YUM-O. Then we went off to the MOVIES and saw "Safe Haven" I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anybody, even my husband liked it.  It wasn't cheesy or overly ridiculous like some romance movies can be. I am big fan of N. Spark, books and movies!!!!  

Tonight is BACHELOR night....I can't believe how hooked I have gotten on this silly show! Looking forward to the drama that comes from this ex-bf showing up. Although, I watched the little preview on the ABC site and I felt it looked a little staged to me...but that's tv for you! 


xoxo,

Sarah P.