Mocha Medjool Date Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache

It’s that time of year when visions of sugar plums start dancing in heads.  Lists are being made on a daily basis and If you’re at all like me you’ve started thinking about desserts to serve for the upcoming holiday season.  Well, to be honest, I think about dessert all of the time, but especially at Christmas.  You want a showstopper.  And today, I have that for you, with a little help from the friendly (and delicious) Natural Delights Medjool date.  And, believe it or not, but this cake is completely vegan, and can easily be gluten free, too.  This is a great recipe to have on hand when guests with special dietary restrictions will be seated at your table.  Rather than having various desserts to accommodate this or that food issue, everyone can partake in this cake. They may even lick their plates.  

Seize It: Mocha Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze

Forever is composed of nows. ~ Emily Dickinson

Friends gathered in my sunlit living room, once my orange cat was wrangled inside (despite his best attempts to avert such wrangling - he's got the spring fever too).  A few of us meet every now and again to talk food and food happenings in and around the city.   It's a great afternoon of gossip catching up on what we've all been up to, what new restaurants are happening and where to get the best marble rye.  Oh and we eat.  That's goes without saying.  But then one of us walked in with a bottle of cava and proclaimed we were celebrating.  Not just any celebration mind you, but four years of being cancer free.  If that doesn't call for champagne and cake, I don't know what does.  Pop that cork and let's drink up, ladies!