For Super Bowl Sunday, a bottle of Raspberry Truffle Chocolate sauce had been set aside to use with a yellow cake mix. The cake was prepared according to the directions and cooled slightly. A wooden spoon handle was used to poke a dozen or so holes into the cake and then the chocolate sauce, which had been heated to ease spreading, was poured over the cake. The cake was refrigerated to set the sauce. Next day, the can of fudge frosting was spread over top. I could hardly wait to try it.We are not real cake people at our house, but this cake disappeared without much fuss. The fudgy frosting and pockets of raspberry truffle sauce were delightful. The ratio of chocolate to cake was probably about even, which would account for the quick disappearance of the cake.
Another fun creation was a caramel apple sauce that was fabulous with ice cream. A few neglected apples were peeled and cut into large slices and put into the crockpot with some brown sugar. The apples were cooked until soft but not mushy. A few apples in a bowl, add a scoop of ice cream, and of course some chocolate topping and we had made a wonderful dessert. (The chocolate topping was a 50/50 mix of the left over canned fudge frosting and chocolate syrup. It was more "hot fudge like" than just the chocolate syrup.)In the upcoming week I plan to try a few Weight Watcher desserts. I expect food costs to go up a bit in the coming weeks. We are very low on meat and the freezer has mainly fruit and bread right now. The total cost for food for seven weeks is $375 and we feel very good about that accomplishment.
