Recipe: Double Chocolate Gooey Butter Cream Cake
Here’s another recipe to bake in your kitchen for those chocolate lovers out there. It is easy to make and is delicious.
Gooey Chocolate Cake
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 cup butter
3 eggs
1 package cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
4 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1 cup chopped nuts
In mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, 1/2 cup of butter and 1 egg. Mix well. Pat mixture into a 13 x 9″ cake greased cake pan. In mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup butter and vanilla. Add the powdered sugar and cocoa. Add the nuts. Spread the mixture over the cake mixture in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 40 minutes. Do not over bake. Cake should be somewhat gooey. If desired, top with a chocolate sauce and ready whip. Serve warm.
Enjoy!
Thanks for reading!
Barb
Posted in Cooking in your kitchen on October 19th, 2007 by Barb | | 0 Comments
Beautiful Beige
While there are well over 400 colors of granite to choose from for your granite countertops, granite bathroom, granite fireplace, etc., the color beige is always popular. Beige colored granites offer a neutral tone that is never trendy—And while the overall look of a slab may be beige, various other colors are often found throughout the slab. Many consumers are attracted to beige tones because of this feature. Accent colors can be pulled out and used for painting, furniture, drapes, blinds, or other decorating options.
Over the years, we’ve sold many beige colored granite countertops. Some choices are included in our Top-10, Exclusive and Standard Color options. Following are some popular beige colored granites to choose from:
- St. Cecilia Classic
- Lapidus Wave
- Golden Aurora
- Golden Oak
- African Ivory
- Golden Nugget
- Giallo Napolean
- Ouro Fantastico
- Gold Leaf
- Venetian Gold
- Many more…
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Barb
Posted in Granite on October 17th, 2007 by Barb | | 0 Comments
2007 Remodelers Showcase—A Success
Last weekend, (October 12-14th), was a busy weekend for many who participated in the 2007 Remodelers Showcase. The Remodelers Showcase gives many remodelers the opportunity to showcase their work to the public throughout the Twin Cities area.
Paramount Granite Company helped staff the event for some of the remodeling participants. We’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate all remodelers who participated in the showcase and thank those who provided granite countertops through PGC:
1. #122 Affordable Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Inc.
2. #25 Bacchus Homes, Inc.
3. #103 Building Concepts and Design, Inc.
4. #24 Cardinal Remodeling, Inc.
5. #82 Enhanced Interiors
6. #65 Holton Kitchens & Remodeling, Inc.
7. #73 Jones Design Build, LLC
8. #105 Orfield Remodeling, Inc.
9. #123 Roelofs Remodeling & Renovation
10. #85 Sylvestre Construction, Inc.
11. #13 Tomco Company, Inc.
12. #55 White Crane Construction, LLC
Thanks for reading!
Barb
Following are some photos from the showcase:
Posted in Company, Granite on October 16th, 2007 by Barb | | 0 Comments
Natures Beauty Abounds!
At Paramount Granite Company, we get to experience a little bit of natures beauty every day, while promoting, selling, fabricating and installing granite countertops, granite islands, granite bar tops, etc. This past weekend, however, Chris and I got to experience another aspect of natures beauty. In May, we celebrated our 20 year wedding anniversary, and decided to take our anniversary trip to Northern California this October, where we experienced ocean front, rolling hills, mountains, ranches, cattle and of course…wineries.
Our trip began in San Francisco where we rented a car and began our journey. Our first stop was a quaint little restaraunt by the water in Sausalito for lunch. From there we took the scenic coastal highway north to Jenner, CA, (approximately 2 hours). The countryside is beautiful!
In the next few days, we visited the Armstrong Redwood Forest, a few state parks, and several wineries, before ending our trip at Fisherman’s Wharf back in San Francisco.
If you’re looking for a way to experience nature and a nice quiet get away, I’d definitely recommend Northern California and wine country.
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Barb
Following are a few photos from our trip:
Posted in Company, Granite, Uncategorized on October 15th, 2007 by Barb | | 3 Comments
Quite Mind Boggling…
Most people don’t realize the intense labor that is involved to supply beautiful granite countertops. From cutting granite blocks out of the earth, all the way to the final installation of your polished granite countertops, islands, vanities, bar tops, or fireplaces, the process is quite mind boggling. 
The Marble Institute of America offers a terrific video demonstrating the process, “From the Quarry to Your Kitchen”.
As part of the complex process, PGC receives some of its slabs directly from other countries. This week, we received a container of granite from India. When you take into consideration that a slab of granite can be anywhere from 40 square feet (SF) to 70 SF, weighing approximately 18 lbs per SF…well, you do the math, it is not an easy, or quick process to unload 43 slabs of granite.
Below are some of the photos from the day we unloaded the container.
PGC takes great pride in offering a wide selection of granite slabs from all over the world for customer’s to choose from. Stop into our showroom in St. Michael to check out our new arrivals!
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Angie
Posted in Business, Company, Granite, Industry News on October 11th, 2007 by Angie | | 0 Comments
