Chocolate sticks with walnuts

3.5 oz (100 g) butter
3.5 oz (100 g) sugar
3.5 oz (100 g) chocolate
3.5 oz (100 g) ground walnuts
4 eggs
1 tablespoon flour

Glaze:
9 oz (250 g) sugar
2 oz (50 g) butter
1 cup (2 dl) water
1 tablespoon rum

Mix butter with sugar, add egg yolk, melted chocolate, ground nuts and flour. Finally stir in the egg whites firm. Bake on a greased baking sheet at 350° F (180° C). In meantime, cook the sugar and butter in water and rum. Stir constantly. When boils, remove from heat and continue stirring until the glaze has cooled. Pour that glaze on baked cake. Cut it into long narrow pieces.

Cake with chocolate bananas

Biscuit:
6 eggs
6 tablespoons sugar
9 tablespoons walnuts
5 tablespoons flour
half package baking powder
20 "chocolate bananas"

Filling:
2 cups (4,5 dl) milk
5 tablespoons cornstarch
8 tablespoons sugar
1 vanilla pudding
2 package vanilla sugar
9 oz (250 g) butter

Decoration:
Chocolate glaze

Cake baked in a larger pan and cut into two sheets. For the filling: cook in milk cornstarch, pudding and sugar with vanilla sugar, cool and add blended butter. On one sheet of biscuit spread on filling, put chocolate bananas on, then spread the remaining cream and cover with other sheet biscuit. Decorate top of cake with chocolate glaze.

Chocolate Pie with Vanilla

5 oz (140 g) cooking chocolate
7 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
package vanilla sugar
2 cup (4 dl) whipping cream

Add the chocolate in three tablespoons of boiling water and melt over low heat. Do this with a spoon to get a homogenous mass. In another bowl, beat egg whites and add in powdered sugar. Mix egg yolk with three tablespoons of sugar, when the mass is foamy, add the melted chocolate, sugar, vanilla and at the end egg whites. Approximately half of the mass fill in the buttered cake mold and bake. In remaining half, add whipped cream. Cooled cake smear with that, decorate with whipped cream and chocolate chips.

Chocolate Slices

6 eggs
1 tablespoon rum
7 oz (200 g) sugar
3.5 oz (100 g) ground almonds
2.5 oz (70 g) grated chocolate
1.5 oz (40 g) flour
1.5 oz (40 g) crumbs
2 oz (50 g) butter
5 oz (150 g) powdered sugar
1 egg white
chocolate glazing

First mix one whole egg with 5 egg yolks, rum and 4.5 oz (130 g) of sugar, then whip 5 egg whites firm with 2.5 oz (70 g) of sugar and mix all together. Ground almonds, flour and bread crumbs, stir into the mixture and finally add the butter. Leave it on sheet of parchment paper and bake it in buttered mold for about 10 to 15 minutes at 430° F (220° C). When cooled, cut it into slices and pour over the chocolate glazing. Decorate with whipped egg white and powdered sugar.

Cake Chocolate - Marmelade

6.5 oz (180 g) cooking chocolate
5 oz (140 g) butter
5.5 oz (160 g) sugar
8 eggs
4 oz (120 g) vanilla sugar
3.5 oz (100 g) apricot marmalade

Glaze:
9 oz (250 g) cooking chocolate
4 oz (120 g) sugar
2/3 cup (1,5 dl) of water
1 teaspoon margarine

Make a mixture from butter, melted chocolate, flour, sugar and vanilla sugar. Stir constantly, add the yolks separately and carefully stir the egg whites firm snow. Bake in buttered and floured mold for an hour at 300° F (150° C). When it's done leave cake for 2-3 minutes to cool then remove it from mold. Cut it horizontally on half, spread marmelade on inner side and join them together again. Biscuit place on grid with baking sheet. In 1/4 cup (0,5 dl) of water warm the remaining of marmelade and spred it outside of the cake. Leave it to cool. Melt powdered sugar on steam, add in it chocolate and stir to make mixture smooth. Pour the glaze on cake and make glaze smooth with the knife.

Chocolate King Cake

9 oz (250 g) butter
7 oz (200 g) sugar
7 oz (200 g) flour
5 oz (150 g) hazelnuts
3.5 oz (100 g) chocolate
4 eggs
2 tablespoon cognac
vanilla sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder

Mix butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, eggs and brandy. Then add flour and baking powder. Finally stir in ground nuts and melted chocolate. Bake the dough in buttered and floured mold for an hour at 430° F (220° C).

Chocolate cake with cream

6 eggs
5.5 oz (160 g) sugar
6.5 oz (180 g) ground walnuts
teaspoon of ground coffee
tablespoon cocoa
1 package of vanilla sugar
1 package of baking powder
butter for mold

Mix egg yolk with sugar. Then add nuts, coffee, vanilla sugar, cocoa and continue mixing. From egg whites make firm snow and add in it baking powder. Combine two mixtures and stir lightly few times. Bake the cake in deep buttered mold at 350° F (180° C) about 35 minutes. When cake has cooled, cut into three pieces and fill with cream. At the end sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Chocolate cake with blackcurrant

14 oz (400 g) chocolate biscuit
18 oz (500 g) soft cheese
11 oz (300 g) frozen blackcurrant
2 2/3 cups (6 dl) cream
2 package vanilla sugar
1/4 cup (0.5 dl) blackcurrant juice
2.5 oz (75 g) thin chocolate tiles
1 lemon
3.5 oz (100 g) sugar

Drain cheese, it must be firm under the fingers. Grate the lemon zest. Defrost the berries on a grid to drain. The firm whipped cream, add a package of vanilla sugar. Mix with fork cheese, lemon zest and sugar, then add 9 oz (250 g) blackcurrant. Stir from top to bottom. Mix the blackcurrant with 1/2 cup (1 dl) of water. Biscuit cut into three equal parts and each spray with blackcurrant juice and spread with cream. Arrange parts of one another and put it in the fridge to rest for one hour. Do 1 cup (2 dl) of whipped cream with a package of vanilla sugar and spread it to the cake. Decorate with the chocolate tiles and blackcurrant berries.

Easy Chocolate Lemon Meringue Pie

Today is National Meringue Pie Day and what could be better than a Chocolate Lemon Meringue Pie. I love lemon and chocolate!  (Photo is from a Vintage ad for "Jello" pie filling, but I use Meyer Lemon Curd for the filling.)

There are so many recipes for Lemon Meringue Pie.  You can make your own lemon filling and your own pie shell, but here's a simple and easy recipe that uses Chocolate Ganache (I always have some in the freezer-but you can make fresh), artisan Meyer Lemon Curd from a jar, and a pre-made pie shell (I use Trader Joe's pie dough). O.K. you'll be making the meringue, but that's o.k. it's fun and fast.

EASY CHOCOLATE LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Use a pre-made 9" pie shell. Prick and bake as directed.
Let Pie Shell Cool.
Add a layer of Chocolate Ganache (see chocolate ganache recipe). Warm it up first, so you can easily spread evenly to the edges.
Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Warm Lemon Curd (to allow it to spread easily) and then add it to make a layer on top of the chocolate ganache. Spread gently and evenly to the edges--don't mix the two, if possible.
Top with Meringue (see directions below)
Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.

Meringue Topping:
4 egg whites
Pinch of cream of tartar
2 tablespoons of sugar

1. Whisk together egg whites and cream of tartar in bowl of mixer. Beat whites until peaks form and then gradually add sugar. Keep beating mixture until stiff peaks form-about one to two minutes.
2. Using a spoon, place spoonfuls of meringue over surface of entire filling. Meringue should cover the filling completely to edge of crust.
3. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes --until meringue has golden tips.
4. Remove pie from oven and place on wire rack to cool before slicing.

Happy Lemon Meringue Pie Day!

How to Make Your Own Chocolate

18 oz (500 g) sugar
9 oz (250 g) milk powder
4.5 oz (130 g) butter
3.5 oz (100 g) cocoa powder
1/2 cup (1 dl) milk
1 teaspoon of rum

Let milk and sugar boil for about 7 minutes. Mix up cocoa and milk powder together in another bowl. After you remove milk and sugar from heat, stir in butter until melted, then add a mixture of powder milk and cocoa. Pour the mixture into a mold and sprinkle with rum. Dry on air.

Chocolate & Magic: Vintage Advertisement

If you've been reading DyingforChocolate.com, you know I love Vintage Ads, especially Chocolate Advertisements. This one combines the comics with chocolate and a magic trick! Enjoy!

Chunky Monkey Bites: Banana Chocolate Cookies!

Domino's Sugar is a great go-to for easy and delicious recipes. For me, summer is all about easy cookies on the go. I've adapted this recipe a bit: added dark chocolate chunks and banana pieces.

Chunky Monkey Bites

Ingredients:
Nonstick vegetable cooking spray
1  (14 oz.) package banana nut muffin mix
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup Domino® Granulated Sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup banana baby food
3/4 cup dark chocolate chunks
2/3 cup walnut pieces
1/2 cup banana chunks (firm)

Directions
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray, set aside. In a large bowl, combine muffin mix, oil, sugar, eggs and baby food, stirring with wooden spoon until well mixed. Fold in chocolate chunks, walnuts, and banana chunks.
Drop heaping tablespoons of the dough on baking sheets, spacing 2" apart. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Makes 24 bites.

Cartoon of the Day: Bizarro/Very Dark Chocolate

Bizarro by Dan Piraro is one of my favorite comics. Clearly Dan and Andy Cowan in this cartoon from 6/30/11 have their priorities straight. Dan writes in his blog, "If you don't like chocolate, you're a brain-eating zombie... If you like chocolate and black humor, this cartoon is made to order."

Cadburys Roses Chocolates: Vintage Ads

Nothing says Spring like Roses. I'm an avid gardener, and I have over 100 roses bushes.. so I really love these Cadbury Roses Chocolates Vintage Advertisements. I've added some photos of two of my own roses. I'll be in the garden eating chocolate later today! :-)

This rose in my garden could have been the 'model' for the Cadbury ad

Dairy milk chocolate

Dairy milk chocolate

Dairy milk chocolate

Dairy milk chocolate

Dairy milk chocolate

Dairy milk chocolate

Chocolate: The Video

Annabelle Breakey is one of my favorite chocolate food photographers. Recently we had an exchange about her work, and she sent me this video. The Essence of Chocolate.  Just watching this video makes my day!  For more information on Annabelle and her work, go HERE.

Director. Annabelle Breakey
DP/Editor. Jason Mitchell
Production Design. Stacey Ransom
Food Stylist. Heidi Gintner
Production. Purebred

National Brownie Day: Brownies Recipe Round-Up

Today is National Brownie Day.  I went looking through the past few years of posts here on Dying for Chocolate, and I was surprised by how many recipes I found, so I decided to do a round-up of some of my favorites. Just links, but I know you'll enjoy all the recipes.  Feel free to add any of your own favorites!

Aunt Sylvia's Brownies

Chocolate Beer Brownies

Peppermint Bark Brownies

Killer Kahlua Brownies

Halloween Oreo Brownies

White Chocolate Brownies with Macadamia Nuts

Bonfire Brownies

Double Chocolate Fresh Cherry Brownies

Gravenstein Apple Chocolate Brownies

Bacon Brownies

Pumpkin Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate Brownies in a Jar


Enjoy your Brownies!!