Tag Archive: chocolate cake

Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes

Back in 1909 Walter Baker & Co., Ltd. published a little book called Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes By Miss Parloa and Home Made Candy Recipes By Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill.

The staff here at Chocolate University Online have created a special 100th anniversary edition of this book and released it in a PDF download format.
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Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

I recently took a cruise to the eastern Caribbean with Royal Caribbean International.  Although I loved the sun, fun, and sea, what I really enjoyed were some of the most memorable desserts I have ever been eaten.

molten chocolate lava cakeOne those desserts that will forever stand out for me was the Molten Chocolate Cake.
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Devil’s Food Cake Recipe

chocolate recipe belowAs a child, my favorite cake was Devil's Food.  I asked my mom, many times, to make this cake for my birthday. 

Why is the cake called Devil’s Food?

Folk lore says that a group of Pilgrims that lived next door to a Chocolate House in Amsterdam in the late 1600’s, witnessed chocolate house patrons cavorting and making merry while they consumed chocolate.  The Pilgrims were convinced that chocolate was made from the devil.  They named chocolate “Devil's Food.”   Later on, when dark chocolate cake gained in popularity, it was named Devil’s Food Cake for its sinfully delicious nature.
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