Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Ganache

I have a confession to make. I don’t usually like cake. Cookies, yes; brownies, absolutely; ice cream, of course. But cake? Cake is usually dry and bland and the only part that’s worth anything is the frosting. Assuming of course that it’s not the typical bakery frosting which tastes of [...]

Nigella’s Cream Cheese Brownies

I love reading Nigella Lawson’s cookbooks. Yes, I said “reading” – for whatever reason her writing just delights me and I can curl up with the cookbooks quite happily and slip into a contented state.
I just had never bothered making any of her recipes before, but finally decided that I had to [...]

Peanut Butter Brownies

I don’t know where I found this recipe. I’ve got it written out so I obviously copied it from somewhere or someone, but the exact origin is shrouded in mystery. Well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but it’s forgotten in the dusty corners of my brain at the very least.
What I do know [...]

Real Simple Brownies

Real Simple as in the name of the magazine where the recipe was published, as well as how the brownies are to make.
1 stick unsalted butter
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped (or substitute 3/4 c. cocoa, 1/4 c. oil and 1/4 c. sugar)
2 lg. eggs
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. flour
4 lg. peanut butter cups, [...]

The Butler’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was inspired by a post from Barbara at A Chelsea Morning to try again to get puffy chocolate chip cookies. She got some advice and provided a recipe that gave her great cookies. Would it work for me?
Here’s what they looked like:

They were definitely puffier than the chewey King Arthur Flour version [...]

Chocolate Trufflettes

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup chopped toasted pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
additional nuts, cocoa powder or coconut or confectioners sugar, optional

Combine sugar, butter, and milk in large saucepan and bring to boil over low heat. Simmer 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and whisk [...]

Chewey Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’m too lazy tonight to type the entire set of instructions, but the ingredients feature all the usual suspects, as well as some light corn syrup and white vinegar. Other than that it seems pretty standard with mixing method and baking directions.
So, this:

Produced this:

The verdict:
These are good. But they’re still harder than I [...]

Toll House Crumbcake

Yes, this is a Nestle recipe. I tried it because:

I had all the ingredients
It had chocolate

What more is there? Super easy too, which is always nice.
Topping:

1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened (Of course I used butter. Der.)
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL [...]

Milk Chocolate Bundt Cake

The recipe came from the Taste of Home Baking cookbook
1 milk chocolate candy bar, (7 ounces) (I used semi-sweet because that’s what I had)
1/2 cup chocolate syrup (I used dark chocolate syrup because that’s what I had)
1 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
confectioners’ sugar, optional

The chocolate. [...]