Month: April 2022

Emma Bassil Pieces of grown pineapple in the form of a cake. Need we say more? Growing up in New Zealand means we all have a little love affair with the combination of pineapple and dark chocolate (pineapple chunks). The brown sugar in this recipe adds a dimension of sophistication that transforms a childhood favorite […]

Robin Mather special for the Arizona Daily Star Sometimes you just need something quick, simple, and sweet. This Mexican-style chocolate cake ticks the boxes. And, if that’s important to you, it’s a vegan cake with a vegan frosting option. Two of my favorite neighbors did me a kindness the other day, and I wanted to […]

Colette and Manon Lagrève team up for a limited-edition chocolate cake to benefit Save the Children in Ukraine April 20, 2022 Renowned French caterer Colette is delighted to announce the launch of its limited edition dessert, created in partnership with Great British Bake-Off the former Manon Lagrève. Available for a limited time between 29and april […]

Feature image by Forsyth Harmon. He left me again in December. I returned to my childhood home in the suburbs of Paris for Christmas. It was gray and damp, the sun rose late, barely lit the sky, and set at four o’clock in the afternoon. My parents were on the verge of divorce, my father […]

Ranked as one of the world’s top pastry chefs, Paula Stakelum is Director of Chocolate and Pastry at Ashford Castle in Cong, County Mayo. Here, she shares some of her favorite mouth-watering chocolate recipes from the five-star luxury hotel that you can try at home this Easter. Easter chocolate cake There’s something a little special […]

I really don’t like desserts that are too sweet and over the years my palate has evolved. When creating desserts, I go back to the concept and flavors of the dessert I’m trying to create; work to let the flavors shine through without being unhealthily sweet. I’ve come to appreciate the tartness that a sour […]

Paul A. Young appears on shows like Saturday Kitchen and This Morning, usually sharing his delicious chocolate recipe. Paul said: “It’s a stunning centerpiece that looks like you’ve spent days working on it, but it’s so easy and it will impress. A large, moist chocolate cake covered in chocolate icing and topped with hand-finished, colored […]

Chocolate started life as a luxury and became ubiquitous after a man called Coenraad van Houten in the Netherlands developed a mechanical way to extract fat from cocoa liquor, to create a solid mass that could be sold as rock cocoa or ground into a powder, a process, says Wikipedia, that “turned chocolate from an […]

In 1852, an Anglo-American baker named Samuel German invented a baking chocolate that incorporated more sugar than traditional semi-sweet baking chocolates. The recipe was sold to the Baker’s Chocolate Company for $1,000. A century later, German chocolate became the basis of Mrs. George Clay’s cake – German Chocolate Cake. Clay sent the recipe to the […]

Layered, bundt, melted, raw, frosted – there are as many types of chocolate cake as there are reasons to be obsessed with them. Few, however, truly capture the indulgence this classic dessert is known to deliver. We’re eyeing this moist chocolate cake from food blogger Shivesh Bhatia that announces decadence in every bite. Chocolate creations […]

Yes, you read that title correctly – an Easter chocolate mayo cake does exist. The culprit of this ungodly cake? Heinz. According to them, mayonnaise is the best-kept baking secret that allows you to get a perfectly decadent cake every time. But we’ll let you be the judge. Before the baking aficionados come to us […]

Preparation: 20 minutes – Cooking: 35 minutes – Made from eggs and oil, mayonnaise helps elevate any cake, delivering a delicious moist flavor and offsetting its acidity to create a sweetness that enhances the flavor of […]

My friend Erika Gray describes this gluten-free chocolate cake as “amazing”, admitting that she and her partner have made the cake three times in the past two weeks. “It’s a cake that we gladly share with non-[gluten-free] neighbors.” She was so convincing that I had to try her. The recipe, from georgeats.com, uses rice flour […]

As a kid, I wasn’t a very picky eater, but I absolutely hated chocolate. Cruciferous vegetables and organ meats weren’t a problem for me, but you couldn’t afford 5-year-old Genevieve to eat chocolate of any kind. It was far too bitter and earthy for my sophisticated young palate. Everything changed when I discovered chocolate mousse […]

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A server reported at Chili’s has revealed a “hack” when the chain’s famous melted chocolate cake is overcooked. TikTok user @fortheloveof_money, who goes by the name S. Garcia on the platform, posted a video last week showing how they made the popular dessert. THE VIRAL THREE-INGREDIENT CREME […]