Explore a collection of cake and dessert decorating ideas built around rich melted chocolate and carefully finished surfaces.

This video showcases simple chocolate cake recipes along with creative decorating ideas that anyone can try at home. Learn ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Despite the fact that I’m a cooking editor, I don’t have much experience with cake decorating. I bake a lot, sure, ...

This pistachio-chocolate snacking cake is moist, not-too-sweet, and effortlessly elegant. Use pistachio paste to make the frosting, or omit it and use cocoa powder to make chocolate frosting instead.

Pure homemade birthday love. If you've got a bowl, a cheap hand mixer, and a couple of measuring cups, you can make this rich, chocolatey birthday cake. It's almost as easy to throw together as a ...

Pastry chef Claire Saffitz has cracked the code to an irresistible moist-tender cake that’s not too sweet and not too dense I once read an interview with French chef Alain Ducasse, in which he said, ...

Julia Child was a longtime Food & Wine contributor, a household name, and a champion of French cuisine. She authored Mastering the Art of French Cooking, a world-renowned tome with more than 500 ...

This traditional German chocolate cake features German's Sweet Chocolate-infused layers, a coconut-pecan custard filling, and ...