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THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE IN THE WORLD
With Thanksgiving upon us this week, and the holidays just around the
corner, our thoughts are turning to family, home and
tradition, and amid all the strife, conflict and hatred in the world,
to the things in life that really matter.
Like Sex and Chocolate, baby!
I’m serious – truly, I am. Because who’s happier than
a well-fed man, and what’s a man want when he’s
really, truly happy? Uh-huh, you bet your boo-tays he does!
And after a man-pleasing meal, what’s better than dessert,
especially if it’s chocolate (for her) and low in calories and fat
and devoid of cholesterol (for both of you)? Why this right here…
THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE IN THE WORLD
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 8x8x2-inch
pan. Mix dry ingredients well, stir in liquids and mix until blended.
(No electric mixer is necessary.) Bake for 30-40 minutes. (Glass pan,
test after 30 minutes.
Serves 8. Calories: 270. Cholesterol: 0. Fat: 10 grams. Sodium 255
mg.
If you’re feeling extra decadent, toss in a couple handfuls of
chocolate chips. This cake is so moist, no frosting is necessary, but
if you’d like a topper, dust with powdered sugar, or whipped cream
and strawberries. (I can vouch for the whipped cream topper – extra
fun!) Or, if Sweetie is one of those who abhor The Divine Cocoa
Plant Which is Nearly As Wonderful as Sex (can’t fathom the concept
myself), you can dis the cocoa and add cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg,
allspice and cloves, plus some raisins and slivered almonds for a
wonderous Spice Cake.
This recipe has been part of my family’s stash for years, and I’ve
long since been making it from memory. When I was yet a young slip of
a thing, my mother referred to it as “Wacky Cake,” as what
’60s-era housewife would dare try to bake without butter and eggs –
and Good Gad! – with vinegar? But the joke was on all
those flat-topped and flannelled husbands of theirs, wasn’t
it? Daddy got a luscious cake, and the Missus had more time for
highballs and Kents with the girls. A win-win sitch all around!
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About the Book
When
Rex Renaud, the COO of Mercier Shipping, is arrested for a crime he
didn't commit, he knows he'll need a miracle to clear his name …
and sassy lawyer Charlotte Andreko is the perfect woman for the job.
Charlotte has built her career defending pro bono clients against
womanizers like Rex Renaud, and she'd much rather let him sweat it
out in a jail cell than defend him in court. Yet Rex swears he's been
set up, and when he offers her a shocking sum of money in exchange
for her legal counsel, the financial security is too tempting to
resist. The court dubs Rex a serious flight risk—how many people
have their own jet?—and he's released on one condition: Charlotte's
his new jailer, and he's stuck with her until his arraignment. But
when a bomb threat sends Rex and Charlotte on the run, neither is
prepared for the explosive chemistry and red-hot passion that flare
between them as they hunt for the truth about his arrest. - See more
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About
the Author
Gwen
Jones is a mentor and instructor in Western Connecticut State
University’s Master in Creative and Professional Writing program,
and an Assistant Professor of English at Mercer County College, in
West Windsor, NJ. Her work has appeared in Writer’s
Digest, The Kelsey Review,
and The Connecticut River
Review, and she is the
author of the HarperCollins Avon FRENCH KISS series, Wanted:
Wife, Kiss
Me, Captain, and The
Laws of Seduction. A
writer of women’s fiction and romance, she lives with her husband,
Frank, near Trenton, New Jersey.
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