dark chocolate – Ruth E. Hendricks

Sweet Guilty Pleasure

Do you have one?

March 8, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: candy, dark chocolate, food, guilty pleasure, peppermint Pattie, photography, postaday 13 Comments

Chocolate Cloud Cake

Cloud Cake Recipe -a flourless chocolate cake

It calls for five eggs separated. 3 of the eggs had double yolks so it was extra rich

Good chocolate is key to depth of flavor
I even added a few squares of Icelandic Dark with SeaSalt.

I used the vegetable steamer and a Pyrex bowl as a double boiler to melt the chocolate and butter

Once it’s smooth , let it cool a bit before you fold in the egg whites

Parchment paper in the bottom of the ancient springform pan

Here’s a 30 second video (click link to watch )beating egg whites with my 38 year old Kitchen Aid

Folding the beaten whites into the chocolate mixture

The top did not crack this time we added freshly whipped heavy cream with a bit of vanilla. It’s simply delicious

June 4, 2024 by Ruth Categories: Baking, PhotographyTags: baking, butter, chocolate, cloud cake, dark chocolate, egg whites, eggs, food, gluten free, kitchen, photography, postaday 13 Comments

MILK or DARK??

MILK OR DARK?

November 28, 2017November 28, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Chocolate, food, PhotographyTags: Betsy Ann Chocolates, candy, chocolate, chocolate dipped strawberries, dark chocolate, Godiva, GRAND CENTRAL, milk chocolate, people at work, photography, postaday, truffles 9 Comments

Tartelette aux Framboises and Dark Chocolate Royal

We made an evening run for me to pick up something at Target. Little plastic containers for soup.

On the way to the parking lot, Steve asked me if I could drive by his work so he could get something he left there.

Someone had brought two delicious French pastries from La Gourmandine Bakery as it turned out.

He brought out the box and opened it in the car and there they were. Two lovely pastries.

When we got home, I cut the raspberry one in half and ate it, intending the other half for him later. Ooops. I ate the other half too. Here is the description on their website

Tartelette aux Framboises
(shortbread crust filled with baked almond cream and topped with fresh raspberries) and the description of the

The chocolate cake is called “Royal” and made of dark chocolate mousse with a layer of crispy praline and sponge cake.

chocolate one courtesy of baker Lisanne

in the box so glad he remembered they were at work and they didn’t go to waste! Happy to swing by and pick these up.

close up

I saved this one for Steve.

February 4, 2014February 5, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Baking, PhotographyTags: almond cream, bakery, chocolate, dark chocolate, desserts, food, French Bakery, French pastry, La Gourmandine Bakery, Lawrenceville, neighborhood, pastries, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, praline, Royal, sponge cake 17 Comments

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