As has been our tradition over the last six years, to celebrate the New Year, we’ve fired up the grill…no matter how cold.
The iFarmer has control of the main course. This year it was baby back ribs, seasoned with a dry rub, then basted with a chipotle BBQ sauce the iFarmer dreamed up this morning.
To go with the ribs, I altered the pumpkin in its shell recipe to kick it up a notch with some chipotle.
But the icing on the cake, literally, was the Chocolate Guinness Stout Cake. I had planned to fumble my way through the recipe this afternoon. But one of my college friends was visiting and she’s an expert in the art of beer baking.
So I took the opportunity to apprentice. Well, actually, I mainly watched and handed her things.
But I feel better about making this on my own at some point. It’s certainly worth the effort. You will not taste a cake that is more rich and moist.
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