Dark Chocolate Heart Cake with Red Wine Glaze

You and your chocoholic loved one will devour this Dark Chocolate Heart Cake on Valentine’s Day.

Dark Chocolate Heart Cake with a Red Wine Glaze

I can’t believe Valentine’s Day is almost here. It feels like I was just baking a Nutella Glazed S’more Bundt Cake and complaining about how it felt like Fall would never come. Ironically, here it is the middle of Winter and it’s 81 degrees out, not that I’m complaining. It’s actually quite nice. Read More…

Calimocho: an Easy Summer Cocktail

Red wine mixed with coke is an easy summer cocktail that you can enjoy while lounging poolside. Calimocho by ibakeheshoots.com

It’s been quite the week.

I baked and Dave shot everyday. Plus, we were a bit stressed while waiting to hear about the possibility of more commercial work from a prospective client. I have to say “we handled it well.” I mean…we still drank everyday but we kept it relatively light.

We drank Calimochos.

I had never heard of a Calimocho until I saw them over at Spoon Fork Bacon a while back. They’re enticing because they combine two of my favorite drinks (aside from ice cold beer and Irish Whiskey) and they’re easy to make (because sometimes you don’t have time to make Basil Beerade).

Some say it’s a kid’s drink-well, a college kid’s drink, that is…and that’s ok by me. If it tastes good, I’m down…and I’m most definitely down with an icy Calimocho.

Red wine mixed with coke is an easy summer cocktail that you can enjoy while lounging poolside. Calimocho by ibakeheshoots.com

It’s a simple, not quite half and half combination of red wine and soda. Think of it as a poor man’s sangria or homemade wine cooler. Cheap and tasty-that’s probably why college kids drink it. We made ours with what used to be Two-Buck-Chuck and coke. When we ran out of Two-Buck-Chuck we grabbed some Sea Ridge Cabernet from Vons.

Mistake! That swill is nasty. Please get your cheap-ass wine from TJ’s because Sea Ridge is a bust!

Phew! Ok. I’m ok, now. I just had to get that off my chest.

Red wine mixed with coke is an easy summer cocktail that you can enjoy while lounging poolside. Calimocho by ibakeheshoots.com

Now that you’ve learned from my mistakes, you know what to do. And don’t forget to pick up some limes…every cocktail is better with a squeeze of lime.

 

Recipe for Calimocho

Recipe for Calimocho from Wikipedia

Calimocho
 
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 L of Coke
  • 1 750 mL bottle of cheap red wine
  • Limes
Instructions
  1. Mix coke and red wine together in a pitcher.
  2. Pour into pint glasses filled with ice.
  3. Garnish with lime.
  4. Enjoy.