Cakes & Tarts

CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Adapted from Chocolate Passion by Tish Boyle and Timothy Moriarty (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). This is a great chocolate birthday cake or the kind of cake you make to impress a chocolate dessert lover. Three layers o...

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Marble Chiffon Cake

A chiffon cake is, by definition, a cake that uses many eggs for leavening and oil as the fat. The result is a moist cake that is not exceedingly rich with a distinct crumb. Adding SCHARFFEN BERGER Chocolate for marbli...

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Hungarian Chocolate Cake

This recipe is adapted from a 1974 recipe in the New York Times. The combination of dark chocolate, pecans and apricot jam make this flourless cake both elegant and delicious....

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That Chocolate Cake

This recipe is from the book The Essence of Chocolate, Recipes for Baking and Cooking with Fine Chocolate (Hyperion, 2006), the story of SCHARFFEN BERGER chocolate. The introductory notes say, "If you could only ...

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Chocolate Cream Roll

This festive chocolate roll is ethereally light. Made without flour, the layers of the roll seem to melt into the filling. You can fill with a plain sweetened whipped cream, flavor with coffee, rum or, as listed below,...

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Chocolate Chili Cake

Adding chili to cake may seem counter-intuitive, but it actually adds a subtle depth of flavor. This moist layer cake offers a nice twist on an old classic....

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Holiday Chestnut Cake

Chestnuts and chocolate are a great marriage. It is easier to find fresh chestnuts in the fall than ever before, but in this recipe, you can use chestnuts packed in water and vacuum packed. The fall and holiday season ...

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CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

The addition of sauerkraut to this cocoa-based chocolate cake provides an attractive texture, especially when made in a bundt pan. The flavor of the sauerkraut is undetectable. Top with this easy glaze for a delicious...

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CHOCOLATE HEART-SHAPED CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Bake this delicious, dense chocolate cake in a heart-shaped pan for Valentine's Day, or in an 8-inch round pan for any day of the year! If you can't find a heart-shaped cakepan, use a round pan and cut the finished cak...

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CASSATTA ALLA SICILIANA

This layered cake is often served for Easter or for other holidays. Because of the many components, it takes a time commitment to make it, but it is well worth the effort. ...

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Chocolate Cherry Cake

We like the way chocolate and cherries go together. We tested several different cherry formats before we came up with the one we liked the best. This recipe uses buttermilk for moistness and dried cherries. We used Dri...

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FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE ALMOND CAKE

This dense cake uses ground almonds instead of flour. Toasting the almonds before grinding them helps bring out the flavor....

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CHOCOLATE ORBIT CAKE

Recipe by David Lebovitz (from Room For Dessert)...

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CHOCOLATE SOUFFLÉ

Our thanks to Alice Medrich for this delicious recipe. ...

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DARK, RICH COCOA CHIFFON CAKE

Generously developed for SCHARFFEN BERGER by our friend Flo Braker ...

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DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE/70%, COCOA POWDER

Thanks go to David Lebovitz, author of Room For Dessert (Harper Collins) for this recipe. ...

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FLO BRAKER'S BITE-SIZE COCOA CABANA CUPCAKES

Makes 30 cupcakes ...

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VELVET CHOCOLATE CAKE/70%

Our thanks to Claire Legas, pastry chef at Absinthe Restaurant in San Francisco, for this delicious recipe. ...

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RORY'S VOLCANO CAKE/70%

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RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE/62%

Adapted from Lindsey Shere's Chez Panisse Deserts. ...

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NEW! CHOCOLATE CHIP APPLE CAKE

This moist cake is a great winter cake, but is delicious year round. The combination of apples, cinnamon, walnuts, and, of course, chocolate, is sure to satisfy everyone's tastes. Great for Sunday brunch, a weeknight d...

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Sour Cream Streusel Coffee Cake

This cake is scrumptious when it is warm from the oven. But it is equally delicious the next day, if there is any left. This is a classic sour cream coffee cake but we've added chocolate to make it even better....

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Chocolate Cream Roll

This festive chocolate roll is ethereally light. Made without flour, the layers of the roll seem to melt into the filling. You can fill with a plain sweetened whipped cream, flavor with coffee, rum or, as listed below,...

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Chocolate Chili Cake

Adding chili to cake may seem counter-intuitive, but it actually adds a subtle depth of flavor. This moist layer cake offers a nice twist on an old classic....

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Holiday Chestnut Cake

Chestnuts and chocolate are a great marriage. It is easier to find fresh chestnuts in the fall than ever before, but in this recipe, you can use chestnuts packed in water and vacuum packed. The fall and holiday season ...

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CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

The addition of sauerkraut to this cocoa-based chocolate cake provides an attractive texture, especially when made in a bundt pan. The flavor of the sauerkraut is undetectable. Top with this easy glaze for a delicious...

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CHOCOLATE HEART-SHAPED CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Bake this delicious, dense chocolate cake in a heart-shaped pan for Valentine's Day, or in an 8-inch round pan for any day of the year! If you can't find a heart-shaped cakepan, use a round pan and cut the finished cak...

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CASSATTA ALLA SICILIANA

This layered cake is often served for Easter or for other holidays. Because of the many components, it takes a time commitment to make it, but it is well worth the effort. ...

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Chocolate Cherry Cake

We like the way chocolate and cherries go together. We tested several different cherry formats before we came up with the one we liked the best. This recipe uses buttermilk for moistness and dried cherries. We used Dri...

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FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE ALMOND CAKE

This dense cake uses ground almonds instead of flour. Toasting the almonds before grinding them helps bring out the flavor....

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CHOCOLATE ORBIT CAKE

Recipe by David Lebovitz (from Room For Dessert)...

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CHOCOLATE SOUFFLÉ

Our thanks to Alice Medrich for this delicious recipe. ...

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DARK, RICH COCOA CHIFFON CAKE

Generously developed for SCHARFFEN BERGER by our friend Flo Braker ...

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DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE/70%, COCOA POWDER

Thanks go to David Lebovitz, author of Room For Dessert (Harper Collins) for this recipe. ...

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FLO BRAKER'S BITE-SIZE COCOA CABANA CUPCAKES

Makes 30 cupcakes ...

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VELVET CHOCOLATE CAKE/70%

Our thanks to Claire Legas, pastry chef at Absinthe Restaurant in San Francisco, for this delicious recipe. ...

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RORY'S VOLCANO CAKE/70%

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RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE/62%

Adapted from Lindsey Shere's Chez Panisse Deserts. ...

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NEW! CHOCOLATE CHIP APPLE CAKE

This moist cake is a great winter cake, but is delicious year round. The combination of apples, cinnamon, walnuts, and, of course, chocolate, is sure to satisfy everyone's tastes. Great for Sunday brunch, a weeknight d...

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Sour Cream Streusel Coffee Cake

This cake is scrumptious when it is warm from the oven. But it is equally delicious the next day, if there is any left. This is a classic sour cream coffee cake but we've added chocolate to make it even better....

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NEW! CALIFORNIA GOLD CHOCOLATE TART

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NEW! CHOCOLATE CARAMEL TARTLETS

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NEW! CHOCOLATE AND POACHED PEAR TART

This recipe is great year round but is especially good in the fall and winter. Pears and chocolate are a wonderful flavor combination. This recipe is adapted from The Seven Sins of Chocolate by Laurent Schott (DK Publi...

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CHOCOLATE CURRANT TARTLETS

This recipe for buttery, flaky tartlets with a brandy-soaked currant and chocolate filling is from Mary Cech's and Jennie Schact's The Wine Lover's Dessert Cookbook (Chronicle, 2005). The recommend pairing these tarts ...

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BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE TART

The perfect dessert for the dark-chocoholic. (Adapted from "Simply French, the cuisine of Joel Robuchon": Morrow)....

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CHOCOLATE TARTS

From Claudia Fleming, pastry chef at Gramercy Tavern, NY...

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CHOCOLATE-GLAZED, STRAWBERRY-FILLED CREAM PUFFS

Cream puffs look impressive yet easy to make desserts. This particular recipe, with a ricotta cheese filling, is lighter than the usual cream-filled or ice cream-filled puffs. You can modify this recipe to include any ...

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