Chocolate recipes - page 17

Martha Stewart's cookie application for ipad, titled MS Cookies is one of my absolute favorites and inspires me each time I open it up and scroll through the parade of cookies marching across my screen. There are cookies for 'Hedonists', 'Traditionalists'

Despite having tasted "my" chocolate sponge cake for several years, it was impossible not to try the recipe of my guru mastry pastry chef Luca Montersino. He uses more butter and a little baking powder. W o n d e r f u l ! ? chocolate sponge

How do knives and brownies go together? Well, you need a good knife if you are going to chop up 8 ounces of dark chocolate to make brownie batter, which is exactly what you ll need to make these decadent rich Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Brownies with Nutell

I think I'm addicted to Nutella... all I can think of making are desserts with Nutella! And... here's another one: Chocolate Nutella Bread Pudding. I've never made bread and butter pudding before, so this is my first time. A normal bread and but

I received so many wonderful birthday wishes on this blog, I can't thank you all enough. I put up that post on a whim and it got a much greater response than I expected. Who knew I had so many foodie friends? I suppose it speaks to the power of food an

This one's for chocoholics! A rich velvety fine-crumbed decadent chocolate cake, drizzled with smooth liquid chocolate... what more could a chocoholic ask for. This recipe is from Rose Levy Beranbaum . It's simple and it uses a no

One of my weaknesses is a good, chewy chocolate chip cookie. It s like my kryptonite. I m not proud of it, but I m pretty much defenseless around them, which is why I don t make chocolate chip cookies very often. Recently, though, I was thumbing through t

I feel like whenever I open up the "create post" page on blogger, I have to find new words for apologies. My life really hasn't been conducive to posting, and so it's just hard to find the time/money. Also, I live in a basement apartment now, with no natu

I have adapted this brilliant 30 day muffin recipe from Rachel's Favourite Food by Rachel Allen , the muffin batter will happily sit in the fridge for up to 30 days so you can make muffins everyday for a month. For my first batch I chucked

These turned out perfectly. As in, I had not a single issue. Being that these are macarons we are talking about, I say this with much pleasure and pride. The first time I made macarons was about year ago and I tried David Lebovitz's safe, trusted and t

Happy March! February flew by and I am hoping March does the same. Now that March is here it means we are closer and closer to the wonders of spring and summer. I can't wait until the Farmer's Market in my town starts back up so I can bring loads of fresh

Don't we sometimes exclaim that we are glad we can choose friends if not relatives? It truly is a blessing to be able to choose friends. But what better than having friends who are also relatives? Cousins! Yes, its wonderful when you have cousins you grow

he celebration of Love is the most special kind of celebration. Love is eternal and omnipresent. It needs no special day or moment to be enjoyed but still having a day a year in our lives when we take time out to sit back and marvel at its wonders, expres

This February, treat your sweetheart (and yourself) to something beautiful and healthy that only tastes decadent. Whether you are looking for a light accompaniment to a special Valentine?s Day dinner or a healthy sweet treat in honor of National Heart

W hen I saw this White Chocolate Mousse at Notecook.com , I knew we would love it. I served these in small wine glasses with Pomegranate sauce. We loved every spoon of these decadent thick rich and creamy white chocolate mousse. Do try it, I am sure kid

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Another trick to bake brownies and cupcakes in no time for those of you who's always on run and need a last minute preparation...Or for those lovely romantic men out there who wants to suprise or just pamper their loved ones or just bake it for themselves

I?m sorry for the long and pretentious title this week ? well sort of. Usually, I like to keep recipe titles as short as possible for the sake of clarity and focus (and because I'm easily confused). Although, I think a pompous sounding title is quite fitt

It's christmas and that means baking your fool head off, no? And everybody expects something a little different from those of us who talk of nothing but food day in and day out. They want chocolate chip cookies from their grandmother but they want matcha

I have never baked so much in so little time. Phew! That was a LOT of baking happening in my kitchen. I must say,my oven is still grateful. It hasn't given up on me :-) But trust me, it feels so good to be near the oven during winter...keeps you warm and

I've been dreaming of banana cream pie ever since I had a taste of Melissa Chou's (Aziza) deconstructed version inspired by The Essential New York Times Cookbook . I thoroughly enjoyed Chou's elegant take on the dessert, but I had a hankering for so

These are really really easy to make and there is not even any cooking involved. Is that cheating ? They were SO easy to make, it FELT like cheating. I made these at 3am on Saturday morning. No joke - honestly I did... On a Saturday, our shop NATURAL

Before I die, I fully intend to try every imaginable chocolate chip cookie recipe available. (I?m just getting a good start... bear with me while I document one more ) National food brand companies put their top tried-and-

Mooncake season is here and I've always like those little golden pillows of lotus paste and pandan paste and red bean paste. Until a few years ago you could only find two or three traditional types of mooncakes but now you can find all sorts of new Snow S