Raspberry Cream Cheese Brownies

Behold the beautiful and bountiful brownies, courtesy (apparently) of Ray Romano!

So a date mentioned a couple times he loved brownies, thought I'd surprise him and make this.

Much to my dismay, he neither liked raspberries nor cream cheese!

(something must be seriously wrong with him…)

So I shared with my friends and family and they LOVED them!

My best friend thought I bought them from the store!

They do come out looking exactly like the picture! :)

Follow the recipe exactly, and you too will enjoy what you see!

(Ok, so the only difference is that I did not use seedless preserves,

but you couldn't even tell once the brownies were baked.)

Difficulty Level: 1+ It's a little more involved, but if I can do it, anyone can!

Yum Factor: 5 :)

Mug Cake

Mmm, late night sweet tooth kicks in.

Maybe it's too late to go out and buy a delicious dessert, but you know you NEED CHOCOLATE.

I have tried many a mug cake, usually they are dry and gross, more of a cookie consistency.

But this recipe is the pick of the litter, best I've encountered.

Was forced to make a few modifications:

1. used water instead of milk

2. used baking soda instead of baking powder

3. used peanut better instead of nutella

4. used canola oil instead of vegetable oil

Guess what? It doubled in size, was moist and delicious!

In hindsight, I should have used coconut oil instead, will try that next time!

Difficulty Level: 0-1

Yum Factor: 3