Writing Lava Cake

Ringing in the New Year usually means cleaning out the old in order to make room for the new in my kitchen as well as other areas of the house. When my cleaning journey brought me to my desk, I found my pile of writing notes. I realized it had been a long time since I picked up my writing and shared the foodie moments in my life or even a recipe. There have been many moments that have been lived and savored. However, they only exist now in my memories and in the scribbled notes and journal entries. But the words to share all of this never came. It seems that I have let everything else take priority of my creative desires.


Recently, when I sat at my desk wondering what I could or should do with a precious 15-20 minutes, I looked at my writing pile and convinced myself that the well had run dry or that maybe writing wasn’t really a part of my life. But then I looked at my full daily journal and the shelf of over 12 years of journal writing, I realized that ideas and the desire are not the problem…it is fear.

Fear of the time that will be lost for getting other “necessary” things done; fear that I have left my creative ideas sit too long untouched and somehow they are stale ready to be thrown out. I have come to realize during this season of renewal and fresh-starts that I view my foodie writing as a luxury and my journal writing as a necessity. My foodie writing is like eating a piece of lava cake – something I love but haven’t let myself eat in a very long time. When I think of the warm smooth taste of the chocolate, the dark brown color of the cake, the semi-sweet smell these two ingredients mixed together, and how when I eat a piece, in that moment, all is calm as I allow myself to take a deep breath and enjoy myself. The things that need to get done will never really be done enough for me to just sit in write…that is impossible. So I will need to remember myself in the daily busyness that threatens to sap my creative energy and convince me that there is no time. I will have to make my creative time a necessity.

Now that the advertisements are all crammed with exercise equipment and work-out clothes, it might not be a good time to eat lava-cake and feel good about this luxury. But I could allow myself to write all my foodie moments, share those yummy recipes, and not gain weight in the process! So my new year’s foodie resolutions are: at least one posting per week on my blogs; give myself permission to read my pile of unopened cookbooks and foodie novels; and to eat a piece of lava-cake at the end of March if I have kept my goals.

My God-Daughter makes this wonderful Chocolate Sauce once in a while and I have been lucky to have a piece of chocolate cake around when she does. This is a “short-cut” to a real lava-cake, but tastes wonderful.

Tianna’s Chocolate Sauce
1 Large Chocolate Bar of Your Choice (16 oz)
1 Stick of Margarine
8 oz of Heavy Cream

Melt the butter in a sauce pan and add the chocolate in pieces mixing constantly. After a half of the chocolate is mixed, add the ½ of the heavy cream. Add more chocolate and cream to desired consistency. Keep warm in a small crock pot and pour over cake or dip fruit pieces.



See mom - we are writing!
You should too!