The Great Cake Ball Fiasco

Ok, I admit it. The cake balls were a disaster. I naively thought I could just whip them up for my daughter’s birthday party, but I was wrong.

The cake balls were actually blobs. Somehow I managed to obliterate a three ingredient recipe and produce an unidentifiable slurry of cake and icing. Even worse, I tried to mask my blobs with a thick coating of chocolate bark—huge mistake!

PERFECT PUMPKIN PANCAKE TIPS FROM IHOP

As Americans begin to light their fireplaces and warm up to the wonderful aromas of the fall harvest, IHOP restaurants will again salute the season by serving an annual favorite, pumpkin pancakes.

Although the family-friendly restaurant chain does not divulge its original recipe, IHOP is sharing tips to enjoy pumpkin pancakes at home this season:

Double Fudge Brownie Pops

Is there anything more adorable than a brownie baked in a petite mold, decorated with icing and sprinkles, and secured on a lollipop stick? No way!

Think of these as party favors, sweets for your colleagues at work, Christmastime stocking stuffers, or Halloween treats. The decorating fun is up to you: The white chocolate can be tinted using food coloring to match whatever holiday you are making these for—use pink for Valentine's Day, pastels for Easter, red and green for Christmas, or even orange for Halloween.

Spark Cookbook
Recipe: Romain Mandarin Salad, and Pumpkin Delight

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Recipe: Bacon/ Chicken Bites, and Chocolate Scotcheroos

These are quite the hubby pleasers, as in, 'Honey, please make more!'

Web Exclusive: Recipe: Chicken Piccata

Governor Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry share their recipe for Chicken Piccata.

Recipe: Summer Peach Tea Punch

Delicious and refreshing for those hot Texas summer days.

Recipe: Peppercorn Beef Tenderloin

Chef Tim Cornish
Regional Director of Dining Services, North Division

As a graduate of Johnson and Wales University in1978 with a degree in Culinary Arts, Tim spent over twenty one years as an Executive Chef at local country clubs and restaurants. He is a certified Executive Chef form the American Culinary Federation and joined Brookdale in 1999 as Director of Dining Services at Chatfield. He is currently one of the faculty members of the Culinary Art Institute at Brookdale and oversees communities in the North Division as a Regional Director of Dining Services.

Ultimate Chef America Event Seeks to Crown Top Chef for Senior Taste Buds

Brookdale Senior Living®, the nation’s largest provider of senior living and related services for seniors, will crown America’s top chef for seniors in a series of nationwide cooking competitions by its professional chefs. Ultimate Chef America, a culinary competition among Brookdale chefs, is a production of the Company’s Culinary Arts Institute (CAI) to identify and crown the best of the best.

Brookdale’s Culinary Arts Institute is a professional development program designed to enhance the food preparation and presentation skills of the Company’s professional chefs, who collectively prepare some 40 million meals per year for the Company’s 52,000 residents and their guests.