Baking Basics

Tempered chocolate is crucial for superior tasting ganache, syrup, or any elegant chocolate dessert. The best way, the ole stand by to temper chocolate after melting is on a smooth marble slab....

Maybe you know someone who is vegan -- meaning, he/she doesn't eat animal products (like eggs and milk, for example). Or maybe you have a food allergy. Perhaps you're just looking for a way to...

Layers of chocolate covered and filled with buttery frosting give German Chocolate Cake the flavors of a rich European dessert. But this cake is all-American, named in honor of the man who created...

The chocolate chip cookie is the king of all chocolate recipes. Baking these chocolate chip cookies has become a ritual for many families and friends. Use this cookie recipe to quickly and easily...

Carob powder is made from the pod of the carob bean. The beans grow on the carob tree, which is part of the legume family and can live up to 100 years. The carob tree does not bear fruit for the...

You'll learn how to bake cupcakes from scratch and make chocolate cream cheese frosting. Even if it's hot you can still have hot chocolate cupcakes! It's best for the holidays.

The delicacy of Chocolate dipped bacon has astounded many of us in the last year. It made it's debut in the last year, as a snack or dessert at famous restaurants and at weddings, etc. Fancy...

This will teach you how to make and bake classic chocolate chip cookies.

Whether it's for applying frosting, filtering seeds into the ground or filling small jars using the funnel method, making a cone is cheaper and quicker than driving to the automotive store or...

Ever needed a cake, but don't like the dry, store bought texture of a boxed cake? Fear no more, here is an easy way to make a boxed cake taste homemade every time for sure!

Muffins with chocolate chips and bananas - who wouldn't like them!?! These yummy chocolate chip banana muffins make a great dessert for a get-together, but are also a special treat for breakfast...

Not that you needed another reason to love chocolate, but here it is: Chocolate, according to Eco Salon, has recently been promoted from snack food to "super food" because of its high levels of...

If you are interested in making a rich, delicious fudge brownie cake, follow the instructions here for a special treat. This brownie cake lies somewhere between brownies and fudge. Its dense...

Polka dots add a fun and trendy touch to cake decorating. With roots in the fashion world, polka dots translate into stylish and edible embellishments to dress up a cake. Polka dots work well on...

One of the first things I learned to cook as a child Was Chocolate Cream of Wheat. You can make a very satisfying breakfast or treat with a little bit of creativity! Of course my favorite...

Have you ever wondered how the professionals make the delicious middle to their breath-taking chocolate cake? It just takes a few ingredients and you have got the pro's secret to their success!...

Keeping chocolate chips in the freezer is a good way to keep them from melting in hot, humid conditions. Any time the temperature rises above 80 degrees F or the humidity is high, chocolate chips...

Who doesn't love homemade chocolate chip cookies? By using, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" this delicious cookie can now contain less fat and less cholesterol. This recipe was...

Children learn greatly with hands on experience. And children love sweets! But if you take this opportunity and make it a fun time with your child, it will also help your child emotionally, just...

Ahhhh, chocolate. The prodigious quantity of writing produced over the centuries on the subject of chocolate is testimony to how truly beloved this foodstuff is. Entire books have been written on...

Dutch cocoa is the type of cocoa that results from a processing method created by Dutchman Coenrad Johannes van Houten in the early 1800s. Van Houten treated the cocoa with an alkaline solution to...

German chocolate can refer to a type of baking chocolate, to a type of cake or to where the chocolate was manufactured. There is a commonality among the three, as they are typically all a mild and...

If you are on a gluten free diet due to Celiac Disease or gluten intolerance, you already know that regular brownies are out. When I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, the first thing I set out to...

Chocolate melts because it contains cocoa butter, the fat extracted from the cocoa bean. Cocoa butter is a complex fat with polymorphic properties. That is to say, cocoa butter is comprised of...

Melted chocolate can turn average snacks into sinful treats. Everything from pretzels to strawberries can be made decadent with a bit of chocolate. While you can melt chocolate by itself, adding a...

I love making my own chocolate at home and then selling and giving it as gifts. I got tired of melting it on a pot and didn't have time to wait so I started melting it at home using a microwave....

These are very yummy no bakes. I have tried a few recipes then made up my own. The other recipes are to sweet and don't set up well. I have found that chocolate chips made a better no bake...

This year it is going to be hard spending every holiday in a restaurant. This is a restaurant recipe that can bring love to the table every time. If you love chocolate pudding you NEED to have...

Well, the holidays are just around the corner, and you'll probably have friends or family over to celebrate. If you're in need of a snack recipe to occupy all those gluttonous guests, look no...

You can take a store bought cake mix and make it taste like it was made from scratch. This recipe is great for the folks who are not creative bakers. As a matter of fact, the recipe is just as...

I haven't seen these in machines or the store forever, but they're fantastic, like all the others! Another one of my favorites...

How about this little treat to throw on your cookie platter this winter? Dollywood's Dipped Chocolate Chip Cookies are extremely delicious...

These are so quick and easy to make in under 5 minutes.

Another easy cookies recipe. These will but you in a chocolae coma. D-licious

Nothing is better than a fudgy, homemade brownie warm from the oven. This is my Aunt Betsy's recipe, given to me in 1976 when I was 10 years old. Much better than a boxed mix!

Learn to make those yummy chocolate shavings that go on top of your desserts!

Almost everyone grew up making chocolate chip cookies. It's one of the first recipes that many kids learned to make. When you grow up though, the recipe seems to lack the adult flavors you now...

Now that you've made your brownies, you want to wow your guest with their appearance as well as their taste. Use ingredients from your brownie recipe or complementary ingredients to garnish the...

Baking chocolate ranges in quality from the sublime to the barely edible. While almost no one can tell the difference between competing brands of flour and sugar in a dessert, most of us know...

I'm going to tell you how to make B&W cookies!!! This is so easy a kindergartner could do it.

Do you have a recipe that you think will be fabulous with a little tweaking? There are things you--can and can't do--to adapt a recipe. With a little practice, you can create a recipe that is...

Baking has never been my favorite thing to do and always quick eat foods that can cook in the microwave...But today is a little different....I am going to teach you choclate chip cookies quickly....

This rich dessert has become an American classic, with as many variations as there are bakers. The basics are multiple layers of dark chocolate cake, a filling of rich chocolate pudding between...

This yummy crumb crust can be used for any pie recipe that calls for a chocolate cookie crust. Since it uses graham crackers instead of chocolate sandwich cookies, you'll save not only money, but...