What We've Been Making

First, in case you haven't heard . . . we are having a baby girl! Angela (Rose?) is growing and developing nicely and we are relieved. Ryan isn't into the baby planning so much, but he does talk to my stomach sometimes. Granted he's usually plotting with Angela against me.

Also, my appetite is back with a vengeance. It's SO NICE to enjoy food again. I can't get enough and read cookbooks and watch cooking shows on TV. Because I've had extreme heartburn I can't eat too much at one time, so it leaves me hungry a lot of the time. Maybe that's the problem. At any rate, Ryan is on break following his first semester (hooray! one down, five more to go), so I decided to celebrate with a really complicated, rich, dark chocolate cake:

Seriously the most chocolatey cake I've ever eaten in my life. It wasn't that sweet, just rich and creamy. The filling is basically a pudding. Ryan had one small slice and stopped because it was that overwhelming. It's a Cooks Illustrated recipe, so you need a subscription for the recipe. However, Baking Obsession posted the recipe here and the directions are slightly easier to understand. (NOTE: we used a cup of water in place of the brewed coffee)

In other news, Ryan tells me that BYU's first football practice of the season was today. It's probably for the best that we're having a girl because I think Ryan would be teaching plays to my tummy if we were having a boy.