If you were asked to name a food that is perfect just as is, a good piece of chocolate might come to mind. But pair chocolate with one of four particular flavors -- mint, orange, hazelnut or coffee -- ...

A cookbook can change your life. Two years ago I reviewed one called “Southern Cakes,” which did just that. Like most people, I’d always thought making a cake from scratch was only for the heroic. In ...

Lynette Granade, of Mobile, Alabama, won grand prize in a local cooking contest with this Chocolate-Mint Whipped Cream Cake. To make curls, you’ll need to buy both vanilla- and chocolate-flavored ...

Do you ever get a chocolate craving that only a decadent cake can satisfy? Instead of making the entire cake (and eating far more than you normally would), why not make a delicious cake for one? This ...

(16-oz.) box devil’s food cake mix, plus ingredients called for on box Arrange a rack in center of oven; preheat to 350°. Grease 3 (9") round cake pans with cooking spray, then line bottoms with ...

Chocolate cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, cocoa, espresso powder, baking soda and baking powder into a bowl and set aside. Using a mixing bowl and whip attachment, beat eggs, sugar and ...

Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly butter six 3/4-cup ramekins or custard cups. Stir chocolate and butter in heavy small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

This pretty dessert is for all the chocolate mint lovers out there, the ones who clamor for mint chip ice cream and can’t wait for the Girl Scouts to deliver Thin Mints. The people who, like me, steal ...

Instead of dusting the pan with flour for this old-fashioned chocolate cake, which is baked in a Bundt pan, use cocoa powder to keep the glossy exterior blemish free. The moist cake will hold up for a ...

Tastykake is the latest food product to get on the mint bandwagon. We are already enjoying the McDonald’s Shamrock Shake and the Oreo Shamrock McFlurry along with the Dairy Queen Mint Oreo Blizzard.

This recipe is adapted from “Icebox Cakes: Recipes for the Coolest Cakes” by Jean Sagendorph and Jessie Sheehan, the cookbook relies on homemade cookies and chocolate ganache. To simplify, I’ve kept ...