Sachertorte is a chocolate cake consisting of two layers of dense sweet chocolate sponge cake with a layer of apricot jam in the middle. It’s frosted with dark chocolate and typically has shreds of chocolate along the top and sides. It was invented by Franz Sacher in 1832 for Klemens Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, […]
This is such a hard job sometimes, what with people wanting to send delicious chocolate for me to try out and then review. (Yes, I’m being very tongue-in-cheek!)
I was recently sent a bar of Patric Chocolate from Alan McClure, proprietor of the company. It’s a micro-batch bar of dark chocolate (70% cacao minimum) from the […]
I found an amazing interview yesterday with Mr. Chocolate himself, Jacques Torres. I remember when he had his own show on the Food Network for like a month before it disappeared into the ether. Why does FN hate talent? (kidding, kind of ;)
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These are too cute! We were able to snag a Wii last October to give to the kids for Christmas. We got them some fun games we’d tried at a friend’s house, but you know what they play with the most? Making Miis. They made so many Miis within the first week that we had […]
There are few combinations as perfect as chocolate and peanut butter. To really make this decadent and over the top you could cut up some peanut butter cups to mix into the batter before adding the chocolate chips on top.
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Marble Bars
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup […]
Arieanna at Cooking Gadgets found this handy chocolate spatula thermometer that not only helps you work with chocolate but comes with a chocolate-specific temperature guide. I think this is a great idea for the home cook who ends up juggling a separate spatula or spoon with a thermometer in the bowl.
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