Chocolatey Desserts
If you love chocolatey desserts as much as I do, today's post is sure to please. Let's face it: Chocolate. Dessert. What's not to love, right?
To that end, here are six chocolatey desserts, including Chocolate Raspberry Brownies and Chocolate Tofu Ice Cream. Enjoy!
MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE
This yumminess is from Samantha Seneviratne in The New York Times cooking enewsletter. For this, Samantha wrote, "Making a cake in the microwave may not be traditional, but it makes the whole process easy and superfast — and this recipe produces a warm, gooey, pudding-like dessert. Simply mix the cake ingredients together, top with the cocoa, sugar and boiling water, and microwave on high. (Don’t forget to take the ice cream out of the freezer to soften slightly while the cake cooks.) In the microwave, the bottom sets into a supermoist chocolate cake while the topping transforms into a rich chocolate sauce. As microwaves and dish size can vary, knowing when to pull the cake out is the only tricky part. It’s done when you can see a firm cake start to bubble to the surface. Don’t worry: A little underdone is just fine, too. This dessert will continue to set a bit while it cools. The instant coffee is optional but it really does add depth to the chocolate flavor."
Prep Time: 10 minutes; Cook Time: 10 minutes; Total Time: 20 minutes; Yield: 4 to 6 servings
To view this online, go to https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024481-microwave-chocolate-pudding-cake. While you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for The New York Times cooking enewsletter, I highly recommend it. Loads of great recipes, guides, access to featured cooking articles...Plus, it'll be easier for you to access their whole cooking section, without being blocked.
dessert will continue to set a bit while it cools. The instant coffee is optional but it really does add depth to the chocolate flavor.
Ingredients
For the Cake
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/4 cup whole milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee or espresso (optional)
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
For the Topping
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
3/4 cup boiling water
Ice cream, to serve
Preparation
Prepare the cake: Add the butter to a 1-1/2- to 2-quart microwave-safe soufflé dish or casserole, then melt the butter in short bursts in the microwave.
Whisk in the milk, vanilla and instant coffee, if using. Whisk in the brown sugar, then add the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda and whisk until just combined.
Make the topping: In a small bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Sprinkle over the cake batter.
Pour the boiling water over the top.
Cook in the microwave at full power until you can see the set cake start to emerge through the sauce in various spots and the sauce has thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. (It’s OK to periodically stop and check doneness partway through cooking.) The cake will continue to set as it cools.
Serve warm, with ice cream.
CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
I saw something similar to this a few years back and tweaked it a little. For anyone who is sure that he or she won't like tofu, this may be the game-changer.
Ingredients
1 10-12 ounce tub of silken tofu
12 ounce bag of chocolate chips
2 - 3 tablespoons milk (you can use soy milk, if you prefer)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Directions
Melt chocolate chips along with the milk over low to medium heat, stirring constantly.
Place silken tofu, melted chocolate chips, vanilla, and syrup into blender. Blend on a medium setting, pulsing if needed to combine.
Pour into 4 bowls or small cups, and let cool for 10 minutes or so.
Dig in! Yum!
PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CAKE
This recipe comes from Publix.
Servings: 8; Total Time: about 3 hours; Active Time: 10 minutes
To view this recipe online, click here.
Ingredients
Butter-flavor cooking spray
1 (15.25-oz) box devil's food cake mix
2 cups water, divided
2 large eggs
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 (4-oz) semisweet chocolate bar (or morsels)
1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
8 tablespoons whipped topping
Directions
Coat 4-quart slow cooker with spray. Place cake mix, 1 cup water, and eggs in large bowl; beat with hand mixer until blended. Add peanut butter; mix well and pour mixture into slow cooker.
Microwave remaining 1 cup water on HIGH for 2 minutes or until steaming. Break chocolate into pieces, if needed, then place in water and stir until melted; let stand 1 minute to cool. Pour chocolate over batter in slow cooker.
Cover and cook on LOW for 2–2 1/2 hours (or HIGH for 1-1/2–1-3/4 hours) or until toothpick inserted near center comes out with fudgy crumbs. Chop peanuts. Serve cake straight from slow cooker topped with whipped topping and peanuts.
CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY WHOOPIE PIES
This is from Baking at Home. Prep Time: 25 minutes; Total Time: 35 minutes
To view this online, go to https://bakingathome.com/recipe/chocolate-raspberry-whoopie-pies/.
Ingredients
2 C. all-purpose flour
1/2 C. cocoa
1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
1/4 C. softened butter
1 C. brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
2 tsp. raspberry extract
1 C. buttermilk
Whoopie Pie Filling:
1 C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
1-1/2 C. marshmallow fluff
Pinch of salt
1-1/4 C. powdered sugar
1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Tbsp. flavored raspberry syrup or 1 tsp. raspberry extract
1 C. fresh raspberries
Directions
Preheat oven to 325°F. Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in medium bowl and set aside. Cream shortening, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and raspberry flavoring. Alternately add dry ingredients with buttermilk, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until just incorporated. Scoop 2 Tbsp. of batter onto a greased or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake 9-10 minutes. Let cool completely.
For the filling:
Cream together shortening, marshmallow cream and salt. Add powdered sugar slowly then add flavorings. Whip until light and fluffy and add fresh raspberries on a slow speed. (Raspberries will break up in the filling.)
Scoop about a Tbsp. of filling onto the bottom side of a cooled cookie. Place another cookie on top of the filling making a sandwich.
CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY BROWNIES
This is from that infamous long-since-forgotten emailing list.
Yield: about 20 bars
Ingredients
1-2/3 cups (10 oz) raspberry chips
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
powdered sugar
Directions
Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and lightly flour an 8 inch baking pan. Combine raspberry chips and butter in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until melted. Remove from heat. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir until well blended. Add flour, sugar, and baking powder. Stir until well blended. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool completely in the pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Sift powdered sugar over top, if desired.
CHOCOLATE TOFU ICE CREAM
This recipe is from the August 2000 issue of Vegetarian Times. It starts off, “You’d never guess that this rich, dence fudgy ice cream contains considerably less fat that the classic version.” Makes 5 cups.
1 lb. soft tofu, drained
1 cup sugar
1 cup plain soy milk
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tbs. vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
In blender, puree all ingredients in 2 equal batches until very smooth.
Pour mixture into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions. Serve right away or transfer to airtight container and freeze up to 3 days.
To that end, here are six chocolatey desserts, including Chocolate Raspberry Brownies and Chocolate Tofu Ice Cream. Enjoy!
MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE
This yumminess is from Samantha Seneviratne in The New York Times cooking enewsletter. For this, Samantha wrote, "Making a cake in the microwave may not be traditional, but it makes the whole process easy and superfast — and this recipe produces a warm, gooey, pudding-like dessert. Simply mix the cake ingredients together, top with the cocoa, sugar and boiling water, and microwave on high. (Don’t forget to take the ice cream out of the freezer to soften slightly while the cake cooks.) In the microwave, the bottom sets into a supermoist chocolate cake while the topping transforms into a rich chocolate sauce. As microwaves and dish size can vary, knowing when to pull the cake out is the only tricky part. It’s done when you can see a firm cake start to bubble to the surface. Don’t worry: A little underdone is just fine, too. This dessert will continue to set a bit while it cools. The instant coffee is optional but it really does add depth to the chocolate flavor."
Prep Time: 10 minutes; Cook Time: 10 minutes; Total Time: 20 minutes; Yield: 4 to 6 servings
To view this online, go to https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024481-microwave-chocolate-pudding-cake. While you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for The New York Times cooking enewsletter, I highly recommend it. Loads of great recipes, guides, access to featured cooking articles...Plus, it'll be easier for you to access their whole cooking section, without being blocked.
dessert will continue to set a bit while it cools. The instant coffee is optional but it really does add depth to the chocolate flavor.
Ingredients
For the Cake
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/4 cup whole milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee or espresso (optional)
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
For the Topping
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
3/4 cup boiling water
Ice cream, to serve
Preparation
Prepare the cake: Add the butter to a 1-1/2- to 2-quart microwave-safe soufflé dish or casserole, then melt the butter in short bursts in the microwave.
Whisk in the milk, vanilla and instant coffee, if using. Whisk in the brown sugar, then add the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda and whisk until just combined.
Make the topping: In a small bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Sprinkle over the cake batter.
Pour the boiling water over the top.
Cook in the microwave at full power until you can see the set cake start to emerge through the sauce in various spots and the sauce has thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. (It’s OK to periodically stop and check doneness partway through cooking.) The cake will continue to set as it cools.
Serve warm, with ice cream.
CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
I saw something similar to this a few years back and tweaked it a little. For anyone who is sure that he or she won't like tofu, this may be the game-changer.
Ingredients
1 10-12 ounce tub of silken tofu
12 ounce bag of chocolate chips
2 - 3 tablespoons milk (you can use soy milk, if you prefer)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Directions
Melt chocolate chips along with the milk over low to medium heat, stirring constantly.
Place silken tofu, melted chocolate chips, vanilla, and syrup into blender. Blend on a medium setting, pulsing if needed to combine.
Pour into 4 bowls or small cups, and let cool for 10 minutes or so.
Dig in! Yum!
PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CAKE
This recipe comes from Publix.
Servings: 8; Total Time: about 3 hours; Active Time: 10 minutes
To view this recipe online, click here.
Ingredients
Butter-flavor cooking spray
1 (15.25-oz) box devil's food cake mix
2 cups water, divided
2 large eggs
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 (4-oz) semisweet chocolate bar (or morsels)
1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
8 tablespoons whipped topping
Directions
Coat 4-quart slow cooker with spray. Place cake mix, 1 cup water, and eggs in large bowl; beat with hand mixer until blended. Add peanut butter; mix well and pour mixture into slow cooker.
Microwave remaining 1 cup water on HIGH for 2 minutes or until steaming. Break chocolate into pieces, if needed, then place in water and stir until melted; let stand 1 minute to cool. Pour chocolate over batter in slow cooker.
Cover and cook on LOW for 2–2 1/2 hours (or HIGH for 1-1/2–1-3/4 hours) or until toothpick inserted near center comes out with fudgy crumbs. Chop peanuts. Serve cake straight from slow cooker topped with whipped topping and peanuts.
CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY WHOOPIE PIES
This is from Baking at Home. Prep Time: 25 minutes; Total Time: 35 minutes
To view this online, go to https://bakingathome.com/recipe/chocolate-raspberry-whoopie-pies/.
Ingredients
2 C. all-purpose flour
1/2 C. cocoa
1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
1/4 C. softened butter
1 C. brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
2 tsp. raspberry extract
1 C. buttermilk
Whoopie Pie Filling:
1 C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
1-1/2 C. marshmallow fluff
Pinch of salt
1-1/4 C. powdered sugar
1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Tbsp. flavored raspberry syrup or 1 tsp. raspberry extract
1 C. fresh raspberries
Directions
Preheat oven to 325°F. Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in medium bowl and set aside. Cream shortening, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and raspberry flavoring. Alternately add dry ingredients with buttermilk, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until just incorporated. Scoop 2 Tbsp. of batter onto a greased or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake 9-10 minutes. Let cool completely.
For the filling:
Cream together shortening, marshmallow cream and salt. Add powdered sugar slowly then add flavorings. Whip until light and fluffy and add fresh raspberries on a slow speed. (Raspberries will break up in the filling.)
Scoop about a Tbsp. of filling onto the bottom side of a cooled cookie. Place another cookie on top of the filling making a sandwich.
CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY BROWNIES
This is from that infamous long-since-forgotten emailing list.
Yield: about 20 bars
Ingredients
1-2/3 cups (10 oz) raspberry chips
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
powdered sugar
Directions
Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and lightly flour an 8 inch baking pan. Combine raspberry chips and butter in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until melted. Remove from heat. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir until well blended. Add flour, sugar, and baking powder. Stir until well blended. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Cool completely in the pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Sift powdered sugar over top, if desired.
CHOCOLATE TOFU ICE CREAM
This recipe is from the August 2000 issue of Vegetarian Times. It starts off, “You’d never guess that this rich, dence fudgy ice cream contains considerably less fat that the classic version.” Makes 5 cups.
1 lb. soft tofu, drained
1 cup sugar
1 cup plain soy milk
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tbs. vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
In blender, puree all ingredients in 2 equal batches until very smooth.
Pour mixture into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer’s directions. Serve right away or transfer to airtight container and freeze up to 3 days.
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