Desserts & Sweets with chocolate

8 oz. room temp butter 3c. sugar 5 eggs + 2 yolks( make sure your eggs are room temp as well..this insures your batter won't curdle) 3c. all purpose flour ([...]

Whether you call them donuts or doughnuts or the extra inch on your waistline...donuts can't help but make you smile. Or, make ME smile, and I think we're[...]

Every year about this time, I start dreaming of strawberries. Sure, I love Honeycrisp apples and Clementines, but for me, strawberries are perfection.[...]

For the last Desserts for Dudes post this year, I'm rolling out the cupcakes. Cupcakes are not traditionally considered "dude food" around here. Too dainty,[...]

Do you have an idea book? You know, a binder where you store all of the great ideas you see in magazines? Kinda like retro Pinterest. { Remember life before[...]

You know how you can read someone's blog and exchange emails and all of a sudden, you feel like the person is one of your very best friends? That's how I feel[...]

Desserts for Dudes month continues.... with a giveaway! {See those toppers? Cupcake toppers of YOUR CHOICE are part of the prize package. That's right,[...]

3 (9 inch) Chocolate Cake Layers 3/4 c. raspberry jam Chocolate Buttercream 12 chocolate truffles Chocolate sprinkles 1 c. unsifted unsweetened cocoa 2 c.[...]

Ever since I bought the Martha Stewart Cupcakes book; I've been dreaming of making these little ladybug cupcakes. For the cupcakes, I decided to go with[...]

4 sqs. unsweetened chocolate 1/2 c. butter 1 c. water 2 c. cake flour , sifted 1 1/4 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 1 c. lowfat sour cream 2 c.[...]

4 ounce unsweetened chocolate minced 1 can beets - (8 1/4 ounce) 2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour 1/3 c. cocoa pwdr 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 stk[...]