Tag: chocolate
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chocolate chip peanut butter cookie dough brownie cake
this is more a Neat Stack Of Diabetes than it is a cake. rounds of peanut butter cookie dough get spread with chocolate ganache and squashed between brick-like layers of brownie, then doused in more ganache and frosted with rosettes of whipped peanut butter buttercream. butterbutterbutterbutterbutter. i’m not sure what the best occasion for…
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s’mores stuffed french toast
this is the perfect back-to-school breakfast! it’s packed with protein and light on carbs in order to ensure long-lasting energy for a full day of classes. okay that’s BULLSHIT do NOT give this to your children before school. they’ll bounce off the walls for a few hours, and then crumple to the ground in…
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chocolate tahini cake with brown sugar, chocolate ganache, and halva filling
dark, damp chocolate cake is given a middle eastern kick with tahini, an oily paste made from toasted sesame seeds. savory-wise, tahini is the star of hummus and baba ghanoush, but it’s also the main component of crumbly, cloyingly sweet halva. sesame halva is popular across the Balkans, the Middle East, and throughout the Jewish…
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bittersweet chocolate peanut butter pie
chocolate and peanut butter are one of those classic combos, right up there with maple and bacon, sea salt and caramel, and peaches and cream. the two flavors compliment each other perfectly. this pie’s only flaw is that it’ll have you gasping for a glass of milk after a few bites; it yields a wide range…
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half baked half birthday half cake
i love half birthdays because they come out of nowhere! it’s like your own private holiday that slaps you in the face when you notice the date. my favorite things to do on my half birthday include putting half-and-half in my coffee, watching harry potter and the half blood prince, and asking everyone obnoxiously if they…
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tuesday tuesday
i made a spineless cactus cake! i say ‘spineless’ as in it literally doesn’t have any spines, but i guess you could give it to someone who’s acting like a coward to send a message?? it’s a metaphor. the cake is dark chocolate and the frosting is flecked with orange zest. i cut the cactus shape out…
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chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter bacon frosting
i have a friend, cy, who eats like no one i’ve ever seen. he’s happiest in a state of food coma, stomach contentedly protruding and eyes drooping shut. he readily devours the leftover baked goods i bring to school on a daily basis. unless they contain a trace of banana. the curved, yellow, potassium-rich fruit is…
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lucky charms cake
makes six servings this cake is a crowd-pleaser, and i’d recommend making it if you have a lot of time on your hands. the process of picking all the marshmallows out of the kibble-like cereal requires punctilious patience, as does sticking them onto the cake in a way that no two of the same are…
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cookie dough stuffed brownies
makes nine (huge) brownies i surprised myself by making these. i usually shy away from the ‘edible cookie dough’/’funfetti cake batter’ shit that’s plastered all over Pinterest (you know what i’m talking about), looking down on them haughtily while perched atop my cardamom-scented-gold-luster-dusted mille feuille. nothing against mille feuille, but these cookie dough stuffed brownies are…
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blackberry jam-packed dark chocolate cupcakes with whipped white and milk chocolate ganache frosting
makes nine cupcakes i rarely make cupcakes. they’re easy to overbake, underfill, overfrost, you get the idea. i also try to avoid the title of ‘cupcake girl.’ all of that being said, you should DEFINITELY make these. the rich darkness of the cake finds a divine pair in the tangy blackberry preserves. the white…
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