We didn't think it could get any better than cupcakes laden with buttercream icing until we saw these dark chocolate ganache-dipped cupcakes. Dripping in rich, velvety layers of ganache, these cupcakes are then topped with iced on Christmas shapes like trees and snowflakes for ...more
Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, shows how to make her chocolate ganache cupcakes. Put the butter and sugar into the mixer and mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each. Next comes the “secret ingredient”, a can of chocolate syrup, then so ...more
If you're a chocolate lover, then ganache is like the sweet cherry on top. It's not necessary, but when you dollop some on a cake or a cupcake the dessert instantly transforms into chocolatey heaven. Check out this cake video to learn how to bake white cupcakes dipped in whip ...more
Valentine's Day is super stressful. From getting a gift that's personal but not TOO personal (like Spanx because she always complains about her muffin top, for instance) to picking out a bouquet of her favorite flowers, you probably have a lot on your plate. Make your dessert ...more
Love chocolate ganache? Then your taste buds will simply swoon over these chocolate "buckeye" cupcakes, which are finished with chocolate ganache, triple-dipped for extra chocolatey goodness. Check out this cupcake baking and decorating video for the how-to. Rich chocolate ca ...more
These chocolate-raspberry cupcakes dessert may look intimidating, but don't let that stop you from making this yummy chocolate and raspberry treat. Plus, in addition to getting your daily fill of chocolate, you can also claim that eating one of these cupcakes counts as a servi ...more
What's better than tender on the inside, crispy on the outside chocolate cupcakes? Ninja chocolate cupcakes, of course! Unleash your inner masked butt kicker - at least in the kitchen - by whipping up a batch of these "ninja" cupcakes. Easy to prepare, these chocolate cupcakes ...more
See how easy it is to make a creamy chocolate ganache! Chocolate ganache is one of the easiest frostings to make and it only has 3 ingredients! Cream, chocolate and butter. Combine cream & chocolate, and microwave. Whisk your heated mixture, and add butter. Voila! You now have ...more
It's early afternoon, Valentine's Day, which means today's the day to show a little loving. So, if you've got someone special and you're fresh out of ideas, not to worry, there's still time. Here's the plan: skip out of work early, pick up a turkey baster, some vodka, a box o ...more
Chocolate is one of their desserts or snacks that can be really bad for you, but also very good as well. Eating certain types of chocolates can help with your health and some can even help a relationship in the bedroom. But focusingon the sweet snack aspect, chocolate is perfe ...more
New York's Magnolia Bakery has gotten so famous over the years for its creamy, fluffy cupcakes and pastries that it's been featured on numerous television shows, including "Sex and the City." As well known in New York as Sprinkles is in L.A., Magnolia Bakery is popular because ...more
These little morsels are so moist and delicious, no one will know they're also gluten free! For this recipe, you will need: 1/2 cup cocoa, 1 cup water, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup brown rice flour, 3/4 cup buckwheat flour, 1/4 cup tapioca flour, 1/2 cup teff flour, 2 cups sugar ...more
This step by step instructional video walks you through how to make delicious chocolate cupcakes. Using a few ingredients such as chocolate, cocoa, water, flour, vanilla essence, granulated sugar, confectioners sugar, baking powder, eggs, salt, and butter. First start by combi ...more
Rose Levy Beranbaum demonstrates how to make a simple and delicious chocolate ganache frosting, and gives tips for frosting the cake. Only two ingredients are needed - 12 ounces of semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate, whichever you prefer, and 1 2/3 cups of heavy cream. Grate ...more
First, the lady in the video says just how great this recipe is and just how easy it is to make. She then begins to show us. In one large sauce pan add 125 grams of butter. She says that it's important to preheat the oven before you start your baking. She preheats the oven to ...more
Impress your friends by making a delicious fancy dessert. This how to video shows you how to temper chocolate in whipping cream to make chocolate ganache. Substitute the sugar with honey to give an extra kick.
In this video Sarah Magid shows how to make dark chocolate cupcakes with espresso butter cream along with sugar flowers as follows: -The dry ingredients include unsweetened cocoa powder, organic cane sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Mix all these together and sift them toge ...more
Real volcanos are no fun, but chocolate ones sure are! Whether you're baking a chocolate cupcake or cake, adding the term "volcano" to the mix means adding a lot of extra gooey chocolate. Watch this video to see how to make red velvet cupcakes with a Hershey's kiss center and ...more
We never thought that yummy chocolate cupcakes could get any better...until we saw this recipe. Combining the godlike perfection of chocolate cupcakes with oodles of chocolate icing, pilled on until tipping point, these high-hat chocolate cupcakes are outrageously overdone tre ...more
In this video, we learn how to make a double chocolate malt shop cupcakes. First, make the batter by mixing together malt powder with chocolate chips, sugar, and the rest of the ingredients. These flavors work well together and will make a classic cupcake! Cook these in the ov ...more
In this clip, learn how to make simple and perfect red velvet cupcakes. Red velvet is really a white cake with a bit of chocolate flavor that is dyed red. This cake is a Southern specialty and topped with cream cheese icing. Enjoy these cupcakes for any occasion - they look gr ...more
Ice cream and cupcakes all in one? Count us in. Give your friends a special treat this holiday season by serving them up these chocolate ice cream filled cupcakes. A sturdy chocolate shell holds a cupcake that's filled to the brim with ice cream, then topped with a dollop of w ...more
What's better than stealing that roll of chocolate chip cookie dough from your fridge and eating it straight from the tube? Mixing it with peanut butter and baking it into a delicious cupcake, of course. Stem your cravings for a little while and bake these simple chocolate ch ...more
Fortune cookies are fun little after-meal treats. It's always exciting cracking open revelations about our heart and souls as deemed fit by fortune tellers the Panda Express. Whether you believe in fortune cookies or not, they make very cute snacks and their shape can be trans ...more
Oh boy, these can't be good for you. But, man, I am a sucker for cookie dough. Via recipe creator, Annie Eats: "Every once in a while, a dessert comes along that I consider to be life-changing. This may seem melodramatic but for a sweet tooth such as myself, dessert is very ...more
Only truffle lovers can appreciate the delicate, but deliciously sweet taste of ganache. Truffles are a chocolate connoisseur's wet dream, and these ones made by Kirk Weed are made with divine dark chocolate and berry morsels of ganache. Only 4 ingredients - melted dark choco ...more
In this video, Cedric Begiun shows us how to make peanute butter truffle ganache. First, put cream and powdered sugar into a sauce pan and simmer it. Once it comes to a simmer you will pour peanut butter chips into it. Next, mix this together with a whisk or spatula. A whisk w ...more
Guinness? Cupcakes? Guinness Cupcakes?!? Yes, that's right. Enjoy the best of both worlds with some special and delicious Guinness cupcakes, perfect for the Irish beer connoisseur. Every bite of these cupcakes is incredible. Watch this how2heroes video and you will see the ch ...more
Another science-geeky treat from Not So Humble Pie (the creator of yummy cookie lab rats, chocolate atoms and gingerbread scientists). This time our creative bakers/cake decorators bring us ganache filled brain cupcakes. Click through to learn how to make them. Previously, Ca ...more
There are lots of cupcake flavors out there: red velvet, chocolate ganache, pumpkin pie, etc. But when it comes to good, wholesome cupcakes, nothing beats simple vanilla cupcakes. Vanilla cupcakes are also a bit healthier than other flavored cupcakes because it only uses vanil ...more
On a diet now that the holiday season is over and you've found that the bodycon frock you wore to the season's first party is not a wee bit hard to zip up? Then dont' despair - you can still have delicious, mouthwatering desserts. Only now you'll have to portion size. Get you ...more
No processed food for you? Then try this recipe for cloning the classic Hostess Cupcake: "...a modified version of Zoe’s favorite Devil’s Food Cupcakes. They are soft and airy, and the coffee really brings the chocolate deeper, perfect for filling with cream. The most worriso ...more
Soda bread, corned beef and cabbage, and colcannon are all great dishes to serve up on St. Patrick's Day, but desserts really let your inner leprechaun come out to play. Not only can you have fun incorporating all kinds of tasty Irish liquors into baked goods, you get to dye t ...more
Unlike cupcakes, which magically disappear even before they are set down on the table, cake pops can be made in more abundance and are portion sized so everyone can try at least one before seconds are given out. Made of chocolate and yummy cake crumbs, these pops are like lol ...more
You've probably heard of cupcakes and mini cupcakes, but have you heard of lollip and cupcake hybrids? While eating a cupcake off a stick sounds kind of funny, it's actually a great way to keep your indulgence bite-sized. Plus, cupcake pops are an easy baked good to make with ...more
Hungry enough from that title? This dessert is even more delicious than it sounds. Here's what you're going to need: 1 package of oreos 16 oz or 450 grams 4 Tablespoons butter (45 grams) 4 eggs 1 cup sugar (200 grams) 1 Tablespoon vanilla (15ml) 3/4 cup cream (180 ml) 1 cup s ...more
As a young girl, there's nothing not to love about tea parties. With frilly confections of dresses, delightful and whimsical tea cups that recall the "Alice in Wonderland" tea party, and pastel-hued pastries that look as sweet as they taste, a tea party is the ultimate girly a ...more
Serve your Halloween party guests a dessert that's both a treat and a trick by baking and decorating these spooky Blackout cupcakes. Made from copious amounts of chocolate and cocoa powder, these cupcakes are darkly delicious. Check out this cake tutorial for the how-to. Thes ...more
The perfect dessert for a Japanese dinner! For this recipe, you will need: 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, 1/2 cup corn syrup, 4 cups sugar, 15 cups shredded coconut, 2 pounds chocolate and 1 more quart heavy cream for the ganache. Make a coconut chocolate dessert sushi roll. Click th ...more
We can bet that the first time you tasted a thick, chocolatey Mississippi mud pie certainly wasn't your last. Made with Paula Deen-approved portions of chocolate chunks, marshmallows, candied pecans, and even more chocoalte, Mississippi mud pie is famous for its utter decadenc ...more
Stop serving a scoop of ice cream and put some effort into your next dessert dish! Steal this recipe from Sue McMahon, cookery editor at Woman's Weekly, for a delicious chocolate ruffle cake. To make this ruffle cake you will need about two-and-a-half hours and the following i ...more
For some reason, designer soaps of late have been trying to emulate baked goods. Whether it's soaps that either are shaped like or smell like (or both) red velvet cupcakes, tacos, or pieces of belgian milk chocolate, we find ourselves doing a double take at Lush as we start sa ...more
Cupcakes are so overdone. Sure, they're cute and bite-sized, but why not start a new designer dessert trend? Check out this dessert video to learn how to bake and decorate delicious chocolate chip cookie dough Christmas truffles. Quick and easy, you can make them in bunches a ...more
An elegant take on the traditional ganache. For this recipe, you will need: 1 quart heavy cream, 2 ounces loose black tea (Earl Grey workes best), 1/2 ounce rose water, 8 ounces sugar, 2 1/2 pounds of chocolate and 8 ounces softened butter. Make a black tea and bergamot infuse ...more
How would you like to try a juicy green caterpillar, or a big fat red beetle? They're really quite delicious, we assure you. Well, at least when they're in candy form. While we probably would pass on crunching on insects, we definitely won't turn down these buggy cupcakes. Ma ...more
In this video, we learn how to make a caterpillar cake and bug cupcakes with Lee Hanson. You will need: 1 box Betty Crocker cake mix, any ingredients the box calls for, 8 drops of green food color, 1 1/2 container of Betty Crocker vanilla frosting, tray covered with foil, 5 ca ...more
Okay, so maybe 50% of the reason Christmas is our favorite holiday is because of all the damn good comfort food! From warm chocolate mousse pies to hot chocolate to cupcakes with mountains of icing, Christmas really is a foodie's dream holiday. Make your Christmas more food-f ...more
Okay, so knowing how to make chocolate curls isn't exactly a necessary culinary skill, but when it comes to dessert making, how much of that dessert is there more for show than for taste? We're thinking it's 50/50. Plus, if you're a chocolate lover then chocolate curls may jus ...more
Making chocolate covered pretzels can be a snap. The main ingredients needed include: pretzels, chocolate ganache, heavy cream, and a little bit of butter. Those ingredients ll come together to help make a delicious snack perfect for any tailgating party, baby shower, or just ...more
Serve your friends and family turkey this year in a nontraditional way by baking and decorating these turkey cupcakes. Turning ordinary and very blah chocolate cupcakes into feathered birds requires only some chocolate icing, candy corn, and sprinkles. You can prepare these c ...more
This is one intense cake. Follow along with this video series as Karen shows you how to make this Death by Chocolate cake. Filled with raspberry glaze and chocolate ganache, and covered with chocolate roses and leaves, you'll impress any chocolate lover. Part 1 of 18 - How to ...more
Keep your favorite dessert or food item close to you at all times by making a foodstuff-shaped piece of polymer clay. From chocolate cupcakes to orange slices to donuts, polymer clay can be formed into almost any food imaginable. Plus, miniaturizing makes food look adorable, m ...more
Throughout this video, The Cupcake Special, with Realizing Nuala, you listen to the song "Happy" as you watch a young woman demonstrate the correct and incorrect methods of baking and icing cupcakes. She begins the video by baking several dozen chocolate cupcakes in small pape ...more
This video shows how easy it is to make a dessert known as a croquembouche, which is simply cream puffs stacked in a cone shape and glued together with a chocolate filling or ganache. The ganache is made by heating heavy cream until it starts boiling and then mixing in some f ...more
Chef Gale Gand demonstrates how to make mocha ganache. The flavors of chocolate and coffee mix in this rich and fudgy ganache. She starts with cream and milk, bring it to a boil and add coffee and sugar -- then finally add the chocolate. Make mocha ganache. Click through to wa ...more
This video series takes you step by step through the process of making ganache which is liquid chocolate made with semi-sweet chocolate and cream. In the end of the series, you'll also see how to apply the ganache to some great desserts. Part 1 of 20 - How to Make Ganache fros ...more