Tag Archive: chocolate cake

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

August 11, 2010

I wonder who thought the pairing of chocolate and zucchini in a cake would make a good idea?

It is a rather unusual combination.  (My husband claims that foods commonly served as vegetables should not be added to cake!)

I did a little looking around to find out some history behind the invention of chocolate zucchini cake and noticed there are a lot of theories but no one really knows for sure.  I like the most logical one; someone had to find a way to use up the most prolific invader of the garden!
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Cupcakes Rule!

May 1, 2010

A couple weeks ago I attended an event that included a lunch buffet.  I love buffets, especially the all-you-can-eat-dessert part of a buffet.

After eating my lunch, I elbowed my way through the crowd that had swarmed around the desserts.  I stared at the table.  <gasp> It had an abundance of cupcakes, the most diverse assortment of beautifully decorated cupcakes I had ever laid eyes on!
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Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes

January 9, 2010

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

December 22, 2009

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

November 5, 2009

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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