Lisa Kaminski & Nicole Doster We don’t want to say that Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake Mix was better than homemade, but the Taste of Home Test Kitchen thinks it gives scratch-made cakes a run for their money. This cake hit all the marks: It was moist and tender—exactly the texture you want when you think chocolate cake. It…
Read More Best Chocolate Cake Mix Overall: Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Cake MixLisa Kaminski Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 As soon as the temperatures dropped, our Test Kitchen squad was ready to search for the best hot chocolate mix to warm up on cold days. For this delicious test, our experts wrangled up all of the most popular cocoa brands and put them in a head-to-head test, judging each (blindly!) according…
Read More The Best Hot Chocolate Mixes According to Cocoa and Cozy ExpertsAlso known as chocolate pudding cake, chocolate cobbler is two desserts in one: a layer of tender cake mixed up with warm, pudding-like fudge. It’s also made with basic pantry staples, so you can whip it up at a moment’s notice or whenever a serious chocolate craving hits. Cobblers like this one are made in an unconventional way, but…
Read More Chocolate CobblerThis is one of my favorite desserts from back in the day when Helen Corbitt was in charge of the restaurants at Neiman-Marcus. This is an updated version of that most delicious and iconic dessert. Prep: 25 mins Cook: 10 mins Total: 35 mins Yield: Serves 6 (really serves just me, twice) Ingredients 7 ounces…
Read More Molten Dark Chocolate CakesBy Hayley Sugg December 30, 2020 For my friends in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Alaska, and Utah. Bread Pudding with Warm Vanilla Sauce Chocolate Lava Cake Banana Bread Pear Cobbler Banana Brownies Read recipes HERE.
Read More 15 Things to Bake When It’s Too Cold to Go OutsideThe holidays are here, and among the many treats of the season are chocolate and hot cocoa. While these traditions provide a hefty dose of sugar, there’s a bittersweet side to chocolate’s history, too. This year, at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, a plantation museum where, as a historian, I work as the director of…
Read More Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial VirginiaDid you know that almonds have health benefits? I know that a Hershey’s bar with almonds is yummy, and I can’t eat peanuts. So almonds. Want some reasons to eat almonds? Read HERE.
Read More Health Benefits of AlmondsWorld Fair Trade Day May 9 is World Fair Trade Day. Support businesses that sell Fair Trade goods. Peace on Fifth is one such store and belongs to my daughter London. She sells on line and has a variety of items including international chocolates. Check out Peace on Fifth.
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