{"id":4202,"date":"2020-04-07T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T01:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipephany.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2021-06-09T06:39:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T10:39:57","slug":"recipephany-turns-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipephany.com\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"Recipephany Turns 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten years ago I started this little blog with Black Magic Cake<\/a>, a recipe that touched my life as it has probably touched the lives of countless other chocolate lovers. An easy recipe with simple ingredients produced a confection that, after one bite, dethroned our family\u2019s long-revered celebration cake. I dubbed it a \u201challeluyum moment.\u201d This was a recipe epiphany I wanted to share with everybody.<\/p>\n

At the time, I didn\u2019t realize how much of a life-changer Black Magic Cake would become. It turned into a wedding cake\u2014twice. As if the joy of their marriages weren\u2019t enough, our son and daughter asked me to make the cakes that they would ceremonially smear over their spouses\u2019 faces. As I said at the time, I couldn\u2019t have been happier if they had proclaimed \u201cI love you, Mom\u201d on the Fenway Park Jumbotron. (Black Magic Wedding Cake<\/a> and\u00a0Black Magic Wedding Cake, One More Time<\/a>)<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s get back to that first post, which in my blogging naivet\u00e9 I didn\u2019t even dress up with a picture. Family and dear friends who know how much I enjoy swapping recipes jumped in with encouragement. They posted enthusiastic comments and piled on Facebook likes. They may not have been able to spell \u201crecipephany,\u201d but they readily accepted it as a term for a life-altering recipe with an engaging story. Thankfully, many heeded my pleas and contributed their own amazing recipephanies.<\/p>\n

It is said that nostalgia is the best seasoning. And here at Recipephany, a good story is the special sauce. Consider these:<\/p>\n