Sweet Tooth

Hey, y'all. Welcome to Paula's Home Cooking

Today, I think we need to feed an addiction. A chocolate addiction

So, I'm going to be whipping up my decadent Mississippi mud cake

and later, Jamie shows me the best truffle pie you'll ever put in your mouth

And how about Georgia cookie candy? So yummy, it's like a cookie and a candy

And finally, a vanilla chocolate chip root beer float. So grab a glass of milk and get ready to satisfy that sweet tooth

Why don't we start making our first dish? And I've got planned for us a Mississippi mud cake

But in actuality, the base of the cake is like a Texas sheet cake

What's a Texas sheet cake? Well, it's where you add this boiling liquid to your dry ingredients

So why don't you measure... It's a dunk. This is all a slam dunk, son

This is going to be so easy. All right, so if you'll measure out two cups of all-purpose flour

two cups of sugar, I'm going to get our liquids going here

and I'm going to bring to a boil a stick of butter

a fourth of a cup of water, and I'm going to measure up a half a cup of oil

so you can tell by the stick of butter and the half a cup of oil

that this is going to be a real, real moist cake. I love wet cake

I love wet cake, too. Okay, so I'm gonna add half a cup of cocoa

What does that say, Son? It says one half. Okay, so I'm gonna add a half

What do that say? They're so hard to read. It either says one half or two once

Alright, so I'm just gonna bring this to a bowl. I love this cake

It's just one of those that you just can't about screw it up

Hmm. So just dump everything, your half a cup of buttermilk, your two eggs

a teaspoon of bacon soda. Now that's bacon soda, not bacon powder

And about two teaspoons of your vanilla flavoring. And then just dump that in there, and then we'll dump this in there

and it's going to be cake. So how have you been? I've been good

It's just great. I've had your brother in the kitchen with me

and I just love spending individual time with y'all. Did you say two teaspoons of vanilla

Two teaspoons of vanilla. All right. Mine's ready, and it's smelling so rich and cocoa-y

There you go. So we're just going to dump all this into the dry

Yeah, we're just going to dump. This is pretty easy. Oh, it's so simple

Let me get this mixed up a little bit. Gosh, I was probably 20, 21 years old when I started making this cake

All right, now you just pour that in there. Where'd you learn this from

Oh, gosh, son, I can't remember. My memory's not that good, you know

Is it a family recipe or something that you found? I can't remember if a family member gave it to me or a friend

but this one's been in the files a long, long time. Want me to help you? Yeah, well, I about got it now, but yeah

You can finish up with that here. You may want to use this on it

So how's our little Jack doing? He's great. Isn't he the prettiest thing you've ever seen

He's got a mouthful of teeth. He's ready to eat now. I know. He'd probably like to get in this Mississippi mud, Texas cheesecake

Oh, I grant you. All right, so we've got his first birthday coming up. Won't be long

And y'all have not given him really anything sweet to eat yet, have you

No sugars yet. No sugar. So he's going to be allowed to dive into his birthday cake on his first birthday, isn't he

Yes, Mom. I can't hardly wait. He's going to love it. He's a dean

He's got to love it. All right. So it's just that simple, son

We've poured that into a 13 by 9 by 2 prepared pan. We greased it and floured it

So now it's gonna go in the preheated oven at 350 degrees

and we're gonna bake it for like 25 minutes. And this is gonna be the best moist chocolate cake you ever put in your mouth Gonna put an icing on it Oh does a fat puppy poot Yes we gonna put it uh we gonna put a fabulous chocolate icing

And look at my squirrel now. What is that? This man made it for me

Look, so you pull it out and then push it in. This just helps so much

Alright, son, you were asking me if we were gonna put an icing on it. Chocolate icing? Yeah, it's like a fudge icing

So to make our icing, son, we're going to... I don't know if you've noticed

Butter? Yeah, this actually has two sticks of butter in it. One, just a stick in the cake and a stick in the frosting

All right, so... So we're going to add about three tablespoons of cocoa

Now, I don't like a real, real dark, heavy chocolate. I'm one of those folks that likes more of a milk chocolate

So I'm going to add a fourth of a cup of milk. And we're just going to let this come to a bowl

And when we come back, I'm going to add the sugar. And what are we going to do when we get back

I'm going to teach you something. What are you going to teach me? Bobby and I have come up with a truffle pie recipe that's pretty good that we got from Colorado

Shut up! Shut up! Sweets for the sweet. Oh, I got the sweetest boys, y'all

I'm a lucky, lucky chick. We'll see y'all back in a minute

And later, Georgia cookie candy. And how about a root beer float, y'all, that's so sweet, it's gonna give you a toothache

Hey, welcome back, y'all. I'm in here in the kitchen with Jamie

and it's all about wonderful sweet dishes today. Now, I'm finishing up the icing, Jamie, for our cake

Now, I've melted our chocolate and our butter. Now, I'm going to add confectioner's sugar

All right, I've melted the butter, the cocoa. Now, I'm just going to add the sugar

Here, you want to beat that for me? You know, it might have been a good idea to sift it so it won't be lumpy, but since I got a strong guy in the kitchen today

So, Jamie, let me get our cake out of the oven. And what did you tell me that you were going to make

Bobby and I have come up with a truffle pie. We went to Colorado

We worked with a guy named William Poole at Wynn's Chocolates. He does beautiful chocolates

We were so surprised when we got there. He had truffles called the Savannah truffle. But out there, they cooked with a lot of peppers and paprika

It was spicy. And he put dried mangoes on top. It was great. All right, while you're telling me about that

I'm just going to pour some marshmallows. All right, add your cup of pecans

Into this icing? Uh-huh. There you go. Whoa, look at the mess you made

My nuts are everywhere. This looks good. Uh-huh. All right, now, son, just take that and pour that over your cake

This is like a rocky road. That doesn't look too bad

No, scrape it. Scrape it, son. All right, there we go, son

Okay. Now that I've got this heavy cream heated, Mom, what I'm going to do is pour it over these six ounces of semi-sweet chips. Okay

And I'm gonna let that sit a second. You'll melt your chocolate? Yeah, I'm gonna melt it down. I'm gonna smooth this around, son

and then I'm gonna let it sit, and we'll come back and taste it in a minute

after that chocolate icing has had a chance to work on those marshmallows

Alright, so that's what... See what a good idea this is? Yeah. The hot cream melted that chocolate. Uh-huh

I can taste? Mm-hmm. Oh, yum. Isn't that great? Now, Bobby and I kind of do things a little bit easier

so you'd make a homemade, but we're using a store-bought. I don't know. I use a lot of these, but..

Bobby and I were kind of doing things a little bit simpler, so instead of fooling with making a homemade graham cracker crust

we just buy one. These are so easy to use. I'm going to spread this in here

So see, this is kind of like a pudding, but we're going into the freezer with it

I hope I got room in my freezer. Yeah, you do. This will only take about probably 20 minutes to set up

Oh, gosh, that's so good. And look at this. So now what we've got is a solid layer of chocolate

It's like a piece of fudge. Mm-hmm. Okay, Mom, this is the second layer

and this is almost the same as the first. It's melted six ounces of semi-sweet chips

It's got heavy cream in it, but a little bit of vanilla. But what we're going to do different to this

is I'm going to put it in a chill bowl, and we're going to whip it to get some air in it. And it almost the same but it set up different I think this layer has a little bit more heavy cream maybe than your first layer I think So we going to Oh that good

Yeah, put it in this chill bowl, and we're just going to pump some air into it. Sounds good

Boy, this is for a real chocolate lover. Yeah. This is the real deal

This would be really good for Mike. Mm-hmm. The bottom layer is more of a solid chocolate

This center section is going to be almost like a mousse. This is real, real chocolatey

It's a chocolate truffle pie, Mama, is what it is. And there's no sugar in it yet, so..

Well, using the semi-sweet chips, it's really ready to eat now instead of having to put a bunch of sweetener in it

It's not like you were working with the cocoa. So we're going to spread this out, and I'm going to wrap this up with saran wrap

Looks very good, son. I'm going to wrap this up, Mom, and stick it into the fridge for overnight

Okay, while you're doing that, I'm going to cut us a piece of our cake

that's been kind of sitting here doing its thing. Look at those marshmallows

They've melted. Yum. Look at this, y'all

I'm swallowing hard. Look at that wet cake. Come on, Mom. Dual wet cake

You want to share a slice with me? Not really. With melted marshmallows

Mmm. We need some milk. Mm-hmm. When you put that in the freezer, grab us a glass of milk

and I'm going to clean up. When we come back, I'm going to be making a Georgia cookie candy

I'm going to finish this truffle pie, too. Y'all stick around. And later, a vanilla chocolate chip root beer float

Welcome back. Today's show is all about sweets. Okay, Mom, finish those peaks in that whipped topping for me

Okay. Get it up nice and firm. Uh-huh. Look how beautiful this is

Now, this has been in the refrigerator overnight. Pure, straight, fudgy-looking pie

Yes, ma'am. And now we're going to put our homemade whipped topping on it. Okay

And this is what's going to finish the trick right here. And we're using homemade fresh whipped cream, y'all

You know, you could go a quick route and use something else. But this good chocolate pie deserves a real thing

Part of the fun for this is all the garnishes. Fresh shavings

We've got milk chocolate. White chocolate. White chocolate. And we've got a little bit of dark, too

I'm just going to take our scissors and snip where I'm going to be cutting our pie

And because this is so... Are you swallowing hard? I know I am

See how nicely that pie comes out of there? Here we come

Look at that. And it's simple, too. So simple. A couple of fresh berries

And you know, I'm big on vegetables. You're so health conscious. Yes, I'm so health conscious

See, now that's beautiful. That is just beautiful. Let's take it for a test drive

Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm

Oh, my goodness. It tastes just like a truffle, y'all. All right, come on down here

because the next thing we're going to make is a Georgia cookie candy

And this is... It's been a little while. I know. Oh, gosh, it's delicious

This is good, too. All right, so we're going to start by throwing in to our food processor

a cup of butter that's been allowed to come to room temperature. While you're doing that, I'm going to measure out a cup of peanut butter

and I'm just going to give that a little squirt so that peanut butter will come out easily

I see your sifter. You want me to finish sifting this? Yeah, I've got three cups of confectioners, sugar

and I'm measuring out one cup of crunchy peanut butter, y'all. And I like the crunchy because it just gives you a little snap

All right so see how easy that peanut butter came out of there Jamie because I sprayed it So all you have to do son is dump your sugar in there and we just going to run this through the food processor

All right. So there we go. So all we're going to do is just let it smooth up

This is going to be kind of dry. Well, no, it's a little wet

Watch it. Don't let me itch in the nose. All right. So we're just going to bring this over here now, Jamie

And I have us a little cookie sheet. We're just going to spread that onto our sheet

and then we're just going to spread this chocolate on top of this peanut butter layer

and then we're going to stick it in the refrigerator. By the end of this show, I'm going to have my caloric intake for the next month

I know. I know you're not complaining. No. My dentist will be so glad to see this show

You know, we've got a dentist that we go to that gives you cookies when you leave

I said, talking about job security now. Here, we got these fixed

Now, you take this home and you eat this chunk of candy and come back to see me in three months

Okay, Mom, I got you all squared away here. Okay. And this is melting up again nicely

That's what got me through grade school. I know it. The little sweet treats that we used to put together to bring to the teachers for Christmas

Yeah, we used to fill up those jars, didn't we, with all different kind of homemade candy

and I would send a note saying, please pass my son. And it worked right up until high school

Yeah, the senior year, they did not fall for it. All right, now we're just going to gently spread that

Look at it, look at it, look at it. Doesn't this look good, son

It looks good. You want me to put it in the fridge for you? Yes, I do. And when we come back, it's my turn

It ain't your turn. It's still my turn. When we come back, y'all, we're doing a vanilla chocolate chip root beer float

Welcome back, y'all. Listen, we've had so much sweets today that I'm thirsty

So, Mama, I got a drink for you. Oh, okay. Is yours thing ready? What is it? Oh, gosh, yes

Well, you got that. I'm going to get some ice cream. This is a chocolate chip ice cream root beer float

Okay, son, while you're doing that, I'm just going to slice us up some of these Georgia cookie candies

I've had many a root beer float, but I've never had a chocolate chip

I've never thought about putting chocolate and root beer together. Well, trust me

Why wouldn't you? I don't know. It's just kind of a different combination to me

These are so delicious and so easy to make. Oh, look at that, Mom

You know, I just love making recipes, oh, that I can get in the kitchen with my children

especially when they were little boys. But I just love having recipes that are friendly, that are kid-friendly

And, you know, I'm honing up on my skills, Jamie. I'm getting ready

Well, let me tell you something. Getting in the kitchen with my grandson, Jack

Yeah, if you try to give Jack one of these, we're going to go around and around. You will never know about it, son

So see, Mom, what this is? Just a couple of scoops of chocolate chip vanilla ice cream with root beer

Whipped topping on it. And chocolate shavings. Never have I ever thought about chocolate and root beer

Give it a try. It's good, right? Oh, wow. Well, this is delicious, son

It's a perfect ending. Okay, enough with the liquid. Let's try this. Well, this is just delicious

Yes. How do you like the cookies? The cookie candy. Mind sure there's Buckeyes, doesn't it

Mmm. I think it's better than a Buckeye because it has butter in it. Mm-hmm. I gotta go buy a new belt

I think I need to buy new britches. Mmm. Mmm. Thank you, son

Until next time, we send y'all loving best dishes from our kitchen to yours

Cheers. Cheers, Mama