Chocolate cake is always, always a good idea. And pretty much every occasion calls for chocolate cake. Birthdays, weekdays, rough weeks, major accomplishments — chocolate cake makes it better.

A solid chocolate cake recipe is like a little black dress. It’s the kind of dessert that’s always good to have in your back ...

If you're the type of person who always orders the chocolate dessert on the menu, these recipes are for you. They're not ...

"It's not dessert unless it's brown." That's the way a former colleague of mine defended her love of chocolate treats - and her disdain for any other type of dessert. If you're firmly in that camp, ...

Chef John's chocolate Yule log is a must-try for the holiday season! You can drizzle the baked sponge with a splash of rum or ...

In "Quick & Dirty," Salon Food's Mary Elizabeth Williams serves up simplified recipes and shortcuts for exhausted cooks just like you — because quick and dirty should still be delicious. Please don’t ...

I WAS MAKING my own birthday cake. Why was this happening?! It was so very clearly wrong. One should never make one’s own birthday cake; it should arrive by the magic that is love, floating through ...

Many of us have certain family recipes that are reserved for special occasions, like Christmas, and the Gaines family is no ...

Drummond demonstrated how to make the easy dessert on an episode of The Pioneer Woman dedicated to fast recipes. “I am so into mug cakes,” she said. “They are so much fun.” “The typical mug cake I ...