Countrified Hicks: decadent chocolate cake

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Reserved for company? Not at my house (not anymore)

I often hear friends and family talking about their "good china" or "good towels". Things that they reserve only for company. Why is this so? Why not give your family the best you have to offer and offer the guests the ordinary things?
I caught myself the other day when I was making my family Tater Tot casserole that I made it with the best ingredients but I just threw the tater tots on top. When I am making it for a pot luck or for guests, I carefully place the tots all uniform on top so it looks pretty. My reasoning is because my family truly doesn't care what it looks like as long as it tastes good. They know I love them but it got me to thinking, why shouldn't they get the best. They are the ones I love the most.
So, in honor of my family, I made them this chocolate cake. The cake I usually only make for fancy dinner parties. It not only looks pretty it is very decadent.