Chocolate
Salted Caramel "Ding Dong" Cake
It may look like a giant lunchbox treat, but an ultra-smooth ganache and a final flourish of crunchy sea salt make this one elegant cake.
By Janet McCracken and Alison Roman
Six Recipes to Kick Off Summer
This weekend is all about getting into a relaxed, summer frame of mind. Start with a sophisticated take on a frozen cocktail and move on to poolside short-rib kebabs and a spicy rice noodle chicken salad.
By Tommy Werner
The Simple Tool That Makes Food Look Amazing
It can shave. It can ribbon. It can curl. It can zest. It can get you at least a hundred new Instagram followers.
By Rhoda Boone
The Mixer-Free Chocolate Cake Anybody Can Bake
One writer thought he couldn't bake, so he never did. Then he met pudding cake, and that changed everything.
By Tommy Werner
This One-Bowl Cake Will Make You Rethink Chocolate
Leave the dark chocolate behind; this summer we're all about the milk chocolate. We've got a no-mixer-required, killer milk chocolate cake with the easiest (and tastiest) frosting ever.
By Rhoda Boone
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Our Editor's 7 All-Time Favorite Chocolate Cakes
Our editor has a serious chocolate cake problem. Here are the recipes he just can't quit.
By David Tamarkin
One-Bowl Milk Chocolate Cake with Chocolate-Caramel Frosting
This easy-to-make, portable cake with chocolate-caramel frosting is sure to be your new go-to for special occasions and backyard barbecues.
By Rhoda Boone
The Trick to Get Your Cakes Perfect Every Time
Once you start treating your cake like a steak by taking the temperature, you'll have a mouth-meltingly good result every time.
By Tommy Werner
Crispy Peanut Butter Snack Cake
This salty-sweet “snack cake” is made with a simple honey–peanut butter base, plus all your favorite snacks.
By Katherine Sacks
Double and By Double I Mean Triple Chocolate Cookies
One of those dreamy cookies elicits a silent reverence in every chocolate lover who tastes it.
A New Way to Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies
Eat your heart out, chocolate lava cake. We just got cookies into the game.
By David Tamarkin
Toasted Marshmallow Butterscotch Pie
Showstoppers like this don’t come easy. Here’s the strategy: Blind bake the crust on Day 1; fill and bake on Day 2; and assemble on Day 3.
By Lisa Ludwinski
Cook This Cake in 1 Minute
The Internet's crazy about microwave mug cakes. So we put the dessert through the Epi Test Kitchen and made it even better.
By Katherine Sacks
3 Gluten-Free Treats From Our New Magazine
We've gone to the print side! But don't worry—we're sharing our new GF brownies and lemon bars right here, too.
By David Tamarkin
Epi's Newest Recipes: Secret Ingredient Edition
With these new recipes, a surprise is a good thing.
By David Tamarkin
Almond Cookies with Cardamom, Orange, and Pistachios
Totally decadent. Naturally gluten-free.
By Louisa Shafia
French Toast Fingers With Chocolate Hazelnut Spread and Blueberries
WARNING: This French toast is wickedly indulgent. Enjoy it for breakfast on special occasions, although it’s probably better suited to a decadent dessert. Either way, it’s freaking tasty!
By Guy Turland and Mark Alston
Choc Mud Breakfast Bowl
So thick and luscious you need to serve it in a bowl and eat it with a spoon, this smoothie tastes like chocolate mousse but is healthy enough to kick-start your day. It would also make an epic quick and easy dessert when mates drop by! Yeew!
By Guy Turland and Mark Alston
Chocolate-Avocado Pudding
Leave it to Gjusta in Venice, CA, to create a produce-based, low-sugar, vegan-friendly, crowd-pleasing dessert. That would also be completely acceptable to eat for breakfast.
Dark Chocolate Semifreddo
The texture of this airy semifreddo is somewhere between frozen chocolate mousse and gelato. In other words: You’re going to love it.