Recipe: Raspberry Black Forest Parfait Shots

Earlier this month I was invited to a friend’s housewarming party, so I decided to make some incredibly decadent, rich, fudgy brownies to share with everyone. Things were going beautifully at first: I’d made a fabulous batter, sensational aromas wafted from the kitchen into the rest of the apartment; in under an hour, I’d be in chocolate heaven. 

Grinning with pleasure at the thought of brownies soon to be covered with thick, dark chocolate fudge frosting, I reached into the oven with pot-holder-clad hands and began to pull out my masterpiece. Suddenly, and for no real reason, as both StuKitty and Hana were peacefully sunbathing in the bedroom, I lost my hold on the pan.  Not wanting to get seriously burned, I just let it fall, thinking I’d only lose about a corner’s worth of brownies.  It wouldn’t be a total loss, I thought, because I’d just be cutting everything up into smaller cubes anyway.  No problem at all.

So down the pan fell, face down onto the oven rack, bouncing off the oven door, and finally, onto the floor, just inches away from my bare feet. Piping hot brownie pieces were everywhere – on the floor, in the blazing hot oven, on the fiery oven racks – everywhere but my pan. That thing was clean as a whistle (thanks, PAM for Baking!), and I wanted to cry.

Kitchen disasters.  They happen to the best of us.