Coffee and
Crushes at the Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance by Kris Bock - free at most ebook retailers!
Kari doesn't have time for love when she's opening her new cat café. She’s busy hiring employees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and welcoming 16 shelter cats. But when a sexy master baker walks in, she can’t let him get away. So what does she do with the guy of her dreams? Set him up with her sister, of course.
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.) Or find book 1 at Kobo, B&N/Nook, or Apple/iTunes.
This book is set
at a café with its own bakery, so of course we have recipes! If you love chocolate and dense, chewy brownies, this will be a winner.
ROCKY ROAD FUDGE BARS
NOTE: frosting
must be ready when bars come out of oven. Makes 3 to 4 dozen bars.
BAR:
½ cup margarine
or butter
1 square (1 oz.)
unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
½ to 1 cup
chopped nuts
1 teaspoon baking
powder
1 teaspoon
vanilla
2 eggs
FILLING:
8 oz. cream
cheese, softened (reserve 2 oz. for frosting)
½ cup sugar
2 tablespoons
flour
1/4 c. margarine,
softened
1 egg
½ teaspoon
vanilla
1/4 cup chopped
nuts
6 oz. (1 cup)
semi-sweet chocolate chips
FROSTING:
¼ cup margarine
or butter
1 square (1 oz.)
unsweetened chocolate
2 oz. reserved
cream cheese
1/4 cup milk
3 cups powdered
sugar
1 teaspoon
vanilla
o
Heat oven to 350°. Grease with
butter (not oil) a 13 x 9 inch pan and sprinkle it with flour.
o
In large saucepan over low heat, melt ½ cup margarine and 1 square
chocolate. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Add remaining Bar
ingredients; mix well. Spread in prepared pan.
o
In small bowl, combine 6 ounces cream cheese with next 5 Filling
ingredients. Beat 1 minute at medium speed until smooth and fluffy; stir in
nuts.
o
Spread filling over chocolate mixture. Sprinkle with chocolate
chips. Bake at 350 for 25 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center
comes out clean. Remove from oven; sprinkle with marshmallows. Bake 2 minutes
longer.
o
Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth. Immediately pour
over marshmallows and swirl together.
o
Cool. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.
Kris Bock writes
novels of romance, mystery, and suspense. Her Furrever Friends Sweet Romance
series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as they fall
in love with each other and shelter cats. Get a free 35-page novella set in the
world of the Furrever Friends cat café when you sign up for the Kris
Bock newsletter. You’ll also get a printable copy of the recipes
mentioned in the cat café novels.
Hi Kris,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe, right in time for Thanksgiving!
Dee
#PMInc
Such tempting recipes. Story sounds great
ReplyDeleteLooks like an interesting recipe . . . but it's your fault the poundage I gained just reading it!
ReplyDeleteBoth the story and the recipe sound great!
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