It Not Gocket

Have you ever been deceived by appearances? When I was a little girl I used to sneak into the kitchen while mom was baking and had her back turned I would sniff and poke at whatever dessert she was cooking up. One day she was working on a cake and had whipped up some good old fashioned Crisco in a bowl and was preparing to add the powdered sugar. I peered curiously into the bowl, my eyes widening at the thought of a finger full of that delicious looking frosting. She casually warned that it was NOT frosting but when she turned her back, I quickly took a finger full and stuffed it in my mouth. When she turned back around and saw the look on my contorted face, she laughed and said, "I told you it wasn't frosting". It definitely was not frosting.

You would think I would learn from my mistakes but, yet again, I took a mouth full of unsweetened Bakers chocolate while mom's back was turned. It certainly did not taste as good as it smelled or looked. A friend of mine had a toddler that was notorious for taking off his diaper and playing "Poopcasso" as we called it. The first time she found him covered in poo she screamed and said "What is that???" to which he simply replied "It not gocket." To borrow from Lemony Snickets, here the word "gocket" refers to a toddlers pronounciation of the word chocolate.

As I shaved the chocolate soap for the topping on this latest masterpiece, I had to keep reminding myself, it not gocket. My girls even came into the kitchen wide eyed and wondering. Thankfully, they listened to my warning and didn't take up a mouth full of soap shavings. I have to pat myself on the back on this one. It is decadently indulgent both in appearance and ingredients. I added quite a bit of cocoa butter and real cocoa powder. The cocoa powder actually makes a nice exfoliant. I cannot wait to try this one out. Hopefully, nobody will be tempted to take a taste.