Tag Archive: chocolate cake
Miracle Whip Cake
December 12, 2012
Yep, I know. This cake recipe sounds funny. However, just so you know, it is truly chocolaty, and moist. Yes, it has Miracle Whip in it. The stuff you slather on your sandwich or toss into your salad. Sounds funky? Yes. Decadent and absolutely delish? YES.
You can rest assured that you won’t taste Miracle Whip in the final cake. The cake is not too rich nor is it too sweet, but the icing contributes to the sweet chocolaty punch to it. It’s just plain heavenly.
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French Chocolate Cake
November 7, 2012
This recipe is a simple yet head-tilting good, it's French chocolate cake. It is dessert's version of the little black dress that every girl should have in her repertoire.
All its tender layers, the enchanting fudge filling and a light and airy frosting will be an explosion of yumminess in your mouth. If you happen to be a true blue chocolate lover like myself, then there’s no reason you won't enjoy this treat.
It's how you'd like your French homemade cake, dense and delicious. A European sponge cake, of course with a different texture than its American counterparts. It is perfect dusted with confectioners' sugar or a bit of grated chocolate and a ring of whipped topping.
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Chocolate Cranberry Cake
October 19, 2012
Chocolate and fruit pairing has become commonplace, and the reason for it is simply because chocolate and fruits generally go scrumptiously well together. Chocolate and cranberries are a good example.
Some say there are only three common fruits that can trace their roots back to North American soil – the blueberry, the Concord grape, and the cranberry. (I thought that was interesting, but whether this is actually true or not, is irrelevant to this post.) Today we're considering the cranberry.
The cranberry is flexible in its use. These fruits are often served on Thanksgiving and Christmas tables, but could and should be consumed every day! Not only do they taste divine, cranberries are also known for their nutritional benefits such as vitamin C. They are also packed with antioxidant and antibacterial properties.
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Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
October 3, 2012
Even when your cake's icing has no butter in it, it should still sweep you off your feet.
There is a great cake that focuses on sour cream and melted chocolate, in both the cake and the frosting. And I had this Sour Cream Chocolate Cake recipe all set to go out to you today.
It's wonderful! You are bound to experience the silkiest icing ever as it glides onto the cake wonderfully. You could actually have the whole thing frosted in a jiffy and it’s most likely going to turn out stunning!
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Cheese & Chocolate Tunnel Cake
July 18, 2012
I've always been intrigued with the idea of chocolate and cheese pairing. And actually, I'm a huge fan of it. A lot of people out there claim that it's much harder to get right than, say, pairing cheese with fruit, and a lot of time it turns out to be plain nasty. However, when you do get it right, it can be sensational. It happens to be a scrumptious way to end a long day, or just when you feel like having two of the greatest foods humans ever created.
Chocolate and cheese are two uber rich foods, and it follows that a little can go a long way. Try this recipe and savor all the goodness in this pairing.
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Mocha Ice Cream Cake
July 12, 2012
If you crave ice cream cake, but you don't want to spend a lot of your precious time prepping in the kitchen, this recipe is for you!
Ice cream cake can either be ice cream shaped as a cake or cake and ice cream that are layered together in order to make a single form. The concept of ice cream cake allegedly came from desserts that are composed of cream and cookies or cake named as trifles, which initially surfaced in the Renaissance. Ice cream cake is often served at birthdays and weddings.
However, you can devour it anytime you want. Especially now that you have this recipe in hand!
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Toffee Chocolate Cake
July 4, 2012
Toffee candy, whether it be as a traditional sweet treat or homemade goodies, has a lot of fans.
People who were little children in the 70’s and partly the 80’s known exactly how delectable toffee could be, especially its mouth-feel. Most of us have childhood memories that involve toffee as it’s always been a darling to many. We love it for all the good old memories, and also just because it’s downright yummy.
Just so you know, toffee is described as a confection that you can come up with after caramelizing sugar or molasses together with butter, and sometimes flour. Such a mixture must be heated until its temperature reaches the hard crack stage of 300 to 310° F.
It’s head-tilting good when it’s put on top of an already yummy chocolate cake!
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Chocolate Before Doomsday
June 26, 2012
I know all of us have managed to watch at least a couple of movies whose plot is focused on alien invasion, world destruction, or whatever a screenwriter could think of as long as it is related to ending all the life on this planet. This trend became more elevated with the infamous doomsday thing in the year 2012. I’m not sure if people are just plain masochists thinking about losing their souls or are really curious on whether this suspicion is true and if so, when is it exactly going to happen.
Of course dying is an unpleasant thing most especially if you are unprepared for it. So if it is my turn to go, I think it would be helpful if I knew about it ahead of time. That is not for me to stop it because I am no superhero or God, but the awareness of it will somehow make sense.
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Cocoa Chiffon Cake
June 20, 2012
Chiffon cakes have been around for decades already, capturing many hearts. If you want to bake some for yourself or for family and friends, look no further.
A chiffon cake is described as a very light cake made out of vegetable oil, baking powder, flour, sugar, eggs, and flavorings. It’s a mix of both foam and batter type cakes. In distinction with butter, the conventional fat used in cake making, it’s actually a little hard to beat air into oil. Thus, chiffon cakes, like angel cakes and other foam cakes, get its fluffy texture through beating egg whites until they become stiff, and then folding them into the cake batter before baking.
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Caramel Chocolate Chip Cake
May 23, 2012
The National Chocolate Chip Day was celebrated last week. It’s not like we need a specific reason to have our chocolate treats, but it feels to good to have something specific to celebrate here and there.
Chocolate chips have always been am essential ingredient in an array of delectable treats, from chocolate chip muffins to chocolate chip cookies. They became famous in the 1930s, when Ruth Graves Wakefield accidentally created the original chocolate chip cookie at her Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass.
To celebrate National Chocolate Chip Day, albeit late, go get a handful of chocolate chips and bake something sumptuous for you to share with friends and family. Here is a recipe to get you started.
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