...my Rachael Ray day...

..We've had several evening tea/small-scale dinner parties with the hubby already so when its something like that, luckily he manages to help out and we get through it, but yesterday was  my first day inviting just the ladies for coffee and of course 'coffee' doesnt just mean 'coffee' in our culture- you're unspokenly expected to provide baked goodies on the side and I did just that...Mind you I'd never even baked cookies or cupcakes before, something my roommates in college even did...So I got the shortcut recipe for Fondant Au Chocolate (thanks Cecilia!) and voila...It ended up a successful, not too sweet, brownie-looking cake with a cookie-like texture on the top...I'd also bought a strawberry slicer the day before (coincidentally, before I knew Id be baking this thing)- so useful and so fun!...Along with some chopped almonds...that's it....A total of 20 minutes...A definite recommendation....
PS: And oh yea....about the shape, didnt exactly buy cookie cutters or anything pro like that, no no...just placed glass cups onto the original form of the cake pictured at the top and scooped out the newly-shaped forms...