Vitamin C

These two recipes may seem a bit disparate. However, after nearly giving yourself a coronary eating the dessert, which contains chocolate, coffee and mascarpone cheese, you'll need to counteract it with something healthful like the carrot pasta.

I did the cake for Fathers' Day. It was for Dad, so why mess around with a greeting card, for Pete's sake? (I had to wedge "for Pete's sake" in there somewhere. It makes my father-in-law, whose name is Pete, groan and roll his eyes. I'm warming up for his visit this month.)

Coffee-Chocolate Layer Cake with Mocha-Mascarpone Frosting:



The pasta tastes good with green peas, of course.

Carrot Orzo: