Last week I brought dessert to a party, and created a yummy Chocolate Raspberry Torte.

This week when I was invited to a friend’s for dinner I was going to recreate it, because it was SOOO yummy. But the friend is a vegetarian, and the torte recipe has gelatin in it. Gelatin is made from animal bi-products, so I thought bringing it would be disrespectful. 

After a little searching online I found a vegan Chocolate Raspberry Torte here. Instead of powdered sugar dusted on top, I’ll probably make some kind of chocolate whipped cream topping, but this sure looks yummy enough to share!

Enjoy,

Messymom

Recently, Alice volunteered to bake a dessert for a party. She made Hershey’s Celebration Chocolate Cake. We made the 3 tiers of the cake using 3 different sized round pans & stacked them, almost like a small chocolate wedding cake. It took a long time and was a pain to make. We frosted it with a store bought milk chocolate frosting, and swore we’d never go through the long process to make this cake again.

BUT THEN we brought the cake to the party and people said it was the best cake they ever ate. The hostess even sent Alice a thank you note for bringing such a wonderful dessert. The next time you are looking to really indulge (and have your whole afternoon free) try it for yourself.