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Zucchini, the Moist Maker

Posted Aug 17th 2009 1:00PM by Jennifer Iserloh
Filed under: Baking, The Skinny Chef

Molten Chocolate Cake. Photo: The Skinny Chef

It's practically raining zucchini in the month of August, but there are only so many nights you can serve it sautéed. Since zucchini has a mild flavor and plenty of liquid, it's ideal for sweet recipes because it helps baked goods stay moist, like applesauce does.

Since seeing the mounds of butter and melted chocolate oozing across the screen in "Julie and Julia," I've been craving an indulgent chocolate dessert. So I made this rich, dark molten cake that's crusty on top and soft and melted in the center. Adding a little zucchini is a great way to skim back a little on the fat and sugar.

Get Jennifer's Molten Chocolate Cake recipe after the jump.

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TGI Cake - Feast Your Eyes

Posted Jun 12th 2009 10:00AM by Rebecca Flint Marx
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

Ah, Friday. At long last. This calls for a celebration, and, of course, a celebration isn't a celebration without a cake. Preferably one that looks like this one, which was baked, frosted, sprinkled with lovely colors and then photographed by rachel is coconut&lime. Plucked from the Flickr Slashfood pool, it's the kind of cake that makes you feel like throwing a birthday party, even if your birthday isn't until next May. It's got that luscious, thick chocolate icing that's synonymous with the optimism of childhood, while the sprinkles could make even a full ashtray look appealing. It's a cake that could inspire even a non-baker to bake (or at least open a box of cake mix). It's a cake that could cure seasonal affects disorder. It's a cake, in other words, that's worthy of a celebration of its own, regardless of the day of the week.

[Via Flickr]

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Chocolate-Covered Oreo Cake - Feast Your Eyes

Posted Feb 9th 2009 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

I love the variety of cakes that you all add to the Slashfood Flickr pool. We get birthday cakes and cupcakes, heart-shaped ones and ones decorated with animals sculpted from fondant. This particular cake uses deviled food cake, cream cheese and crushed Oreo cookies to achieve this fluffy effect. It looks like an easy one to assemble and would be perfect for those of you who struggle getting your frosting just right.

Thanks ginnerobot, for adding your photo to the pool!

Chocolate Cake of Temptation - Feast Your Eyes

Posted Jan 14th 2009 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

chocolate cake with peanut butter cream cheese frosting and chocolate ganache

Okay Sassy Radish, I have a bone to pick with you. Last I checked, you said you were cooking and eating more lightly for the holidays. You dished up a gorgeous looking stir-fry and I felt virtuous just looking at it. But now, you toss this cake, this amazing chocolate cake, with peanut butter cream cheese icing and chocolate ganache, into the Slashfood Flickr pool, leading us right back onto the path of culinary temptation. How's a food blogger supposed to cope?

Chocolate Cake With Sprinkles - Feast Your Eyes

Posted Jan 2nd 2009 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

I hope you can stomach one more sweet treat after the sugar orgy that is late December. This lovely chocolate cake (and don't you love the way the background pattern mimics the look of the sprinkles) comes from Jeannette of Everybody Likes Sandwiches. She baked this cake as a Christmas dessert and if you're up for it, you can get the recipe here.

Death by Chocolate cake and black diamond wipeouts

Posted Sep 25th 2008 2:01PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Dessert, Recipes, Baking, Celebrations

As the resident cake baker in my circle of friends, I'm always trying to find something new and funky to make. I've been in a groove of no-cook fondant and marzipan figures, but this summer I got a challenge -- chocolate. Not being the biggest fan of chocolate cakes, I mostly stick to the many other flavors. However, my friend, she loves the dark and sinful treat. If she wanted chocolate, she was really going to get chocolate. Since she's also a skier, it would be served in a smooth, snowy package.

Death by Chocolate Cake, straight out of The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Chocolate, with white fondant, a marzipan skier, and some candles for wishing. Check out the gallery, peruse the recipe after the jump, and stay tuned for more information on the fondant and marzipan.

Gallery: Death by Chocolate Cake

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Feast Your Eyes: Nutella cake

Posted Jul 28th 2008 8:00AM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Dessert, Feast Your Eyes

This time of year, I much prefer eating fruit-based desserts to ones involving chocolate or lots of cake. Give me a nice crisp or cobbler and I'm a happy girl. Despite those seasonal preferences, I saw this cake and immediately started salivating. There's no recipe link along with the picture, but I believe that it's the one from Nigella Lawson's gorgeous, slightly tongue-in-cheek cookbook, How to be a Domestic Goddess. It's a cake I've always intended to make, but have never gotten around to it. I think it's moving to the top of the list now, having seen this tasty reminder.

Thanks to Jonathan for adding this picture to the Slashfood Flickr pool!

Microwave cake: The perfect baked snack

Posted Jul 21st 2008 3:00PM by Bruce Watson
Filed under: Snacks, Chocolate, Baking, Comfort Food

Okay, I'm taking a big risk here. In addition to showing off my unattractive, massively egotistical side, I'm also going to put myself in danger of a little self-incrimination. Here goes:

When I'm sober and clear-headed, I'm a pretty decent cook, but when I'm seriously impaired, I am a culinary god. In all honesty, imagine Drunken Master with a baking sheet. I'm that good.

I've allowed my skills to deteriorate since I left grad school, but, once upon a time, my addled forays into the kitchen were widely regarded as moments of pure magic. Admittedly, impaired kitchen godhood wasn't a quick process: after mastering the beer-and-cabbage ramen dish that my friend Julie was famous for, I played with various crudite, cheese, and dip combinations before moving on to seriously impaired baking.

While I won't endorse BWI (baking while intoxicated) on the grounds that it is incredibly stupid, I have to admit that the biscotti that I produced at 3:00 in the morning with a houseful of goofy friends were truly amazing. Perfectly crisped, with just the slightest touch of anise, they were a great late-night snack, and the perfect accompaniment to the coffee that I would inevitably be guzzling the next morning.

Admittedly, my forays into the world of BWI were not without their dangers: piles of filthy bowls and measuring tools were common, as were flour-covered counters. More important, although I never burned a biscotti, there were a couple of times when it got pretty close. With that in mind, I was particularly impressed by Dizzy Dee's Five-Minute Chocolate Cake. A mix of six simple ingredients, the recipe uses a mug as both the mixing bowl and cooking vessel, which makes clean-up a lot easier. Also, the cake cooks in the microwave, so you don't have to worry about torching your dessert!

The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Baltimore foods, Maryland tomatoes and tasty desserts

Posted Jul 9th 2008 1:01PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Newspapers, In Sixty Seconds

Stephanie Shapiro takes a look at classic Baltimore fare and digs a little deeper to reveal that much of the food that is associated with the city isn't actually produced there anymore.
One thing that is still growing in Maryland is tomatoes, ugly, gnarled, juicy and tasty tomatoes. Get 'em while they're ripe!
In the Cooking 101 column, they're whipping up Chocolate Cake with Hazelnut Semifreddo, for an easy dessert that will impress the neighbors.
Krystina Castella's book, Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone has been making the blog and newspaper rounds recently and this week, she's in the Balitmore Sun!
We know that Elvis was a fan of fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, but did you know that he was also fond of meatloaf? Well, according to this recipe for his cook's meatloaf recipe, he way.
Forgo the tuna sandwich and stir up these Summer Shrimp-Salad Sandwiches instead.
Streuseled Fruit can be made quickly in the microwave out of all the ripe summer fruit. Sounds like the perfect quick summer dessert (as long as you are cool with cooking in the microwave).

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Zucchini, the Moist Maker

TGI Cake - Feast Your Eyes

Chocolate-Covered Oreo Cake - Feast Your Eyes

Chocolate Cake of Temptation - Feast Your Eyes

Chocolate Cake With Sprinkles - Feast Your Eyes

Death by Chocolate cake and black diamond wipeouts

Feast Your Eyes: Nutella cake

Microwave cake: The perfect baked snack

The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Baltimore foods, Maryland tomatoes and tasty desserts

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