Rainbow

Just had to show you the rainbow.  Isn't it beautiful.  This is standing on my back porch.  We have had a lot of rain and it's really been a downer but when I walked out and saw this....Wow !  The orchard is peach trees.  They just planted them last spring.  Any who, just wanted to share this gift for the eyes. 
     I'm waiting on my french bread to rise.  Yes, I made bread or I should say I'm in the process as it's not done yet, it still has an hour and a half then I divide it in half, roll each one out, roll up and it has to rise for another hour.  Hey, it takes a while but boy is it worth it. Buy 2 we should be having warm bread.  Make a sandwich, toast it, make french toast, what ever you want and it smells sooooo good.  I got the recipe off the internet and I make it every week or so.  Hey I have a great recipe for chocolate cake and I got it here on the kindle.  Let me share.
                   Nana's hole cake
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teas. salt
4 Table. cocoa
1 teas. baking soda
1 Table. vinegar
1/2 cup oil
1 cup hot water
     Make a hole in center of dry ingredients and add 1t.baking soda and 1T. vinegar  (this will fizz, that's ok)  Then add oil and hot water.  Stir until smooth.  Bake in an 9x9 ungreased (I grease mine) 25 minutes in 350' oven.  Cool and frost .  serves 6 to 8.

Now for the frosting....  Dark Chocolate Ganache

8 oz. 62-65% of dark chocolate chopped
9 oz. heavy cream
1 oz. butter cut in small pieces
     Measure chocolate in metal bowl.   set aside
     Heat cream to scalding, not boiling  (when scalding,cream will form a film on surface)
     Pour scalding cream over chopped chocolate,  let set 20-30 seconds to heat chocolate then mix.
     When Chocolate and cream incorporated, slowly stir in pieces of butter until melted and incorporated.
Pour over cake and enjoy.
     I make this for Jim and I it's just enough and we love it.  Happy Holidays !  Tootles and Doodles