SO rare and precious was chocolate centuries ago that the Aztec emperor Montezuma sipped it from a golden cup. Never would he have imagined that his elixir’s prized ingredient would become an everyday ...

Chocolate! It is a craveable, decadent and splurge worthy treat. It comes in the form of brownies, cookies, fudge, cake and ...

Claire Saffitz has cracked the code to an irresistible moist-tender cake that’s not too sweet and not too dense. This supple cake is based on an oil-based batter, not a butter-based one, making it ...

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch round layer cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper and butter the paper. 2. In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, and ...

“It’s not dessert unless it’s brown.” That’s the way a former colleague of mine defended her love of chocolate treats — and her disdain for any other type of dessert. If you’re firmly in that camp, ...

Imagine a marriage of chocolate eclair and Boston cream pie — in cake form. This chocolate eclair cake boasts all the elements of the fancy French dessert, from cream-filled pastry to decadent ...

Our best gluten-free chocolate cake recipe combines oat and rice flours for a tender fudgy all-occasion dessert. The pudding-like frosting is just a bonus. A one-bowl vanilla cake, doctored ...

I’ve lived in Austin off and on for the past thirty years. My wife’s a Texas native. Our current home is Portland, Oregon, where—as you may have read—the barbecue’s not bad at all. But whenever we get ...

With two layers of fluffy sponge and swooshes of fudgy frosting, this picture-perfect gluten-free chocolate cake recipe looks almost too good to be true. But this layer cake? She delivers. Her trick?