Yum, yum - Grow A Chocolate Garden

[InkAddict]

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/tgg-chocolate.html

For those who crave chocolate and can't get enough can now savor the sweetness without gaining a pound or feeling guilty. Plant a chocolate lover's garden!

[NJCher]

1. Chocolate Mint Cake

Your post reminded me of a recipe I discovered many years and many hard drives ago, so I did a search on my system for it. Couldn't find it, of course.

Googled it, and I believe this is it, as i remember the buttermilk as an ingredient. This is a wonderful cake, especially when you get the frosting on it.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/recipes/herbs/chocolatecake.html



Cher

[Gato Moteado]

2. you can't have a chocolate garden without this......

that's cacao, the seeds of this fruit are used to make chocolate. i've got a couple acres of it. the monkeys usually get it all as soon as it ripens so i rarely get any of the ripe fruit.

i've also got a little bit of vanilla growing but it hasn't produced any vanilla bean yet. vanilla is actually an orchid and the vanilla bean is the seed pod it produces.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. One of these days I'll plant Berlandia.

I do have chocolate mint and the fragrance is wonderful. The mint sprigs are good with ice cream or in yogurt. I'm not much of a chocolate eater but I love the aroma.