Chocolate Truffle Tart

Um so...prepare for a million drool inducing photos.

Happy almost blogaversary The Cooking Actress, have some (sort of) cake.

You'll love it. It's chocolatey and rich and dense and fudgy and pretty much everything you love about life.

And added bonus?

The boyfriend likes it too

(because it's served cold, and thusly makes him like it. Because he doesn't like most desserts warm...

...including cookies.

I KNOW.

he's crazy)

Pretty much it's another one of those amazing flourless chocolate cake/tortes.

But for some reason this one seems super sophisticated and fancy.

Like...I could eat this while wearing evening attire under dim lighting with important people

...but I also could still eat it in bed, in my pj's, while watching TV.

It's a versatile cake.

I'm getting hungry looking at these photos again. 

I'm sad that we ate all of this. I miss it. *sigh*

But sorry, don't let me get you down! YOU can still have this cake and indulge in the velvety texture, sinful flavor, and bliss-inducing wonder that is this tart/cake/torte (or whatever it is).

Honestly...I'm not one of those people who makes pretty food. My food tastes delicious, but...it's rare when it is pretty. I'm unsure if it's a matter of my lack of patience or if it's a lack of talent, or perhaps I just am SO preoccupied with it tasting amazing, the appearance portion is just sorely neglected? Either way, it's a bit of a point of shame for me.

But this chocolate truffle tart is PRETTY. It is one of the pretties things I've ever made. I just gazed at it in wonder, so proud and so excited. Perhaps that's why there's so many photos. I am so pleased that I just wanna show off.

Plus..I mean...come on....chocolate.

Chocolate Wafer Cookies

Okayyyyy so! This week is a sorta big week for this little blog.

It's The Cooking Actress' blogaversary week! 

On April 27th, 2013 (Saturday) this piece of internet turns 2.

And we're gonna celebrate all week!

All the posts this week are related to the blog's "birthday cake" (it's actually a chocolate torte/tart but whatever)-the recipe of which will be shared Wednesday, and on Friday there's going to be a giveaway (for a piece of bakeware that made the tart as perfect as it is)! Hooray! I love blogaversaries!

Today I have a ridiculously simple and incredibly delectable recipe to share for chocolate wafer cookies.

To be honest, I bookmarked these for the sole purpose of using them in place of storebought for use in pie crusts (or anything else that would potentially call for such things), so when I decided to make Wednesday's recipe (which has a chocolate wafer cookie crust) I was like "Ok! Let's do this!"

And oh. my. GAWD.

These are NOT to only be used in other recipes (although they're great for that and I totally did use them, but 1 batch of these makes PLENTY of cookies so no worries)! When I tried the first cookie, that was it. It was over. Head over heels in love. Buttery, chocolatey, crisp, perfect little pieces of heaven. Michael totally was gaga over them too, he took a bite and his eyes got all wide in surprise. These cookies will SHOCK you with their goodness. And then you won't be able to stop incessantly popping them into your mouth. Like "Hm that was a good dinner, now I'll just have 1...2....10...cookies..."

Never ever ever buy chocolate wafer cookies again. Seriously. I mean it. That's an order.

Something Saturdays (4/20/13)

After reading this list I now feel like I need to call my mom and have her scrounge up any and all of my old toys...because we've gotta just have an untapped treasure trove!

PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS HAPPENING.

My mind was blown the other day when I realized this kid who seemed like he was in everything for awhile (he was in "A Kid in King Arthur's Court", for example) grew up to be this guy from the American Pie movies!!! Whaaaa??!

AH! AND! A mystery was solved! That family recipe I told you guys about? I'm like 99% sure it's a variation of a scrippelle and it's actually from the part of my family that's from Abruzzo. 

Oh look, another new episode of the series I'm in, Rock-Star Cafe. (I even sing a smidge in this one)