1906 Post Alley
206.441.2936
www.roseschocolatetreasures.com
What’s New at Roses!
Here at
Rose’s we’ve been busy getting ready for one of our favorite holidays! Valentines Day! We’ve created something extra special for all
you lovers and chocolate lovers. We’ve
made an elegant variety of chocolate delights to help you celebrate! We’re offering beautiful heart shaped boxes
in gold, and red velvet, filled with a special
collection of heart and rose shaped bonbons.
Visit our web site to see the selections and the keepsake boxes. You can order on line for shipping, or give
us a call to reserve your favorite one!
If you’d rather customize your selections just let us know and we’ll do
it for you!
Visit us
at www.roseschocolatetreasures.com
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Aphrodisiac – The Food of Love
Chocolate
has been regarded as an aphrodisiac throughout history. Both the Aztecs and the Mayans associated
chocolate with fertility gods and goddesses.
The strongest aphrodisiac quality is the pleasure of consumption. For all you orally fixated folks, chocolate’s
melting point is just below body temperature, so it melts in your mouth,
stimulating your brain and heart rate even more than passionate kissing. Chocolate contains Phenethylamine which turns on your dopamine receptors. This also
contributes to your elevated heart rate.
Dopamine is known as the “love chemical”, it gives you that euphoric
high and the feeling that you’re in love, and most people find that sexy. Theobromine in is also responsible for
chocolate’s stimulating goodness. It
elevates our mood and gives us a bit of a rush.
Mmmmm…. Don’t you just want a
piece?
Best of
Did you
know, Rose’s Chocolate Treasures was featured in the
December issue of Seattle Magazine as ‘Best of Seattle’? It is such a delight to know that we are
offering you something soo good! Thanks
for loving us so much!
Chocolate Classes!
Ladies
and gentlemen, we still have some more openings in our chocolate class on the
29th! Our January set was
focused on the health benefits of chocolate and how to use it as a savory. This last class will show you how to prepare
a chocolate themed dinner! So come have
dinner with us and learn some new sensations with chocolate!
There are
still some openings in the February classes as well. These would make a great gift, date or even
an excuse to learn something new and hand make your sweetie something extra
special! Simply give us a call or stop
by to sign up!
January 2008
Not Just Dessert!
Tuesday January 29th
2008
A feast for Kings and
$75
February 2008
Sweetheart – Be My Valentine!
Tuesday February 12th
2008
Join us for an evening of Passion! Say ‘I love you!’ with a beautiful box filled
with chocolate hearts and flowers plus chocolate dipped strawberries for
Valentine’s Day! Our Chocolatier will demonstrate the art of molding chocolate
while you make a variety of tempting chocolate ganashes to fill them. Take home
your treasures for your sweetheart!
$50
The Art of the Truffle!
Tuesday February 26th
2008
Join us for a fun evening
of truffles and wine!
Learn to hand temper
chocolate and make true hand dipped truffles! We’ll start off by making the
basic truffle. Then you decide what flavors you want to add and what you want
to coat your truffles with to make both sweet and savory treasures. Take home a
treasure box full of your creations.
$50
***Classes start at
7p.m.and are held at our
The Unique
4611 –
Chocolate Astrology
We can’t
forget to wish the Aquarians Happy Birthday!
As for
the rest of the universe, the planets are offering us a fair amount of
action. Mercury is retrograding for most
of the month in the sign of Aquarius.
This will be particularly hard for the birthday boys and girls and the
rest of us will be experiencing misconnections and shocking dysfunctions. Venus is behaving most of the month, keeping
you practical with the help of Capricorn.
On the 18th, she moves into the sign of Aquarius, leaving us
feeling a little detached and seeking surprise. Mars is getting its energy form Gemini all
month. Unfortunately, you can’t be two
places at once, if you could even make up your mind where to go…
For this
month, I recommend the Dark Chocolate Wasabi Nori. It’s very exotic, combining two very abstract
flavors that do something surprisingly delicious together.
Chocolate Beet Cake
INGREDIENTS:
- 1-3/4 cups
all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 can (15 oz.)
whole or quartered beets, drained (reserve liquid)
- 1-1/4 cups
granulated sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup juice from
beets
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
extract
- 3 ounces of Rose’s
64% chocolate melted
- 1 cup of Rose’s 64%
chocolate
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with non-stick
foil.
In a medium bowl, measure flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine. Set aside.
Puree drained beets in a food
processor. Scrape into a large bowl. Add sugar, vegetable oil, and 1/2 cup
reserved beet juice to the
pureed beet and mix on medium
speed until combined. Add eggs and vanilla
extract, blending until completed incorporated.
Add flour mixture to the beet mixture. Using medium speed,
mix until combined, at least two minutes, scraping down sides often. Add
melted unsweetened chocolate and mix until combined.
Pour into baking pan. Distribute chocolate chips evenly over the top of the
batter. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center
comes out clean. Let cool to room temperature.
Optional topping:
You may wish to simply sift powdered
sugar over the top of the cake.
Yield: 36 to 48 servings, depending on cut size