I stumbled across this video of the award-winning Chocolate California Goldrush Cake while searching for something else, and I was immediately hooked.
The award competition was sponsored by Ghirardelli, so you know some good chocolate was going into these creations!
The method for the cake is actually pretty simple and looks amazingly delicious: two melted bars of Ghirardelli 100% cacao bars, butter, flour, salt, eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Once everything is mixed into a batter, she puts about half of it into a bundt pan, and then layers Ghirardelli caramel squares, toasted pecans, and then the rest of the batter on …read more

I came across some glazed pumpkin cookies at Sugared Blog, who got it from The Repressed Pastry Chef, and had to give them a try (go from link to link there and it’s kind of like a game of telephone, with it being tweaked just a bit as it goes along!).
I had to add some chocolate chips to it, but these are still a bit different from my usual Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies. These turned out lighter, and I also didn’t bother smoothing down the peaks (because I’m lazy like that) and I put the glaze on while it …read more

We felt like some brownies yesterday but I wanted to play with them a little bit first!
I just used a box mix (I like the Ghirardelli triple chocolate brownies) because I’m out of cocoa (the horror!), but before I put it into the oven I mixed one 8oz package of softened cream cheese, 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 egg together until smooth (if it’s too thick you can add a tablespoon or so of water or even coffee), then poured it over the top. Then I used a fork to pull the brownie batter up and around the …read more

My husband isn’t a fan of just plain chocolate so whenever I make a treat with him in mind I try to include nuts. I came across this recipe in a magazine and immediately pulled it out – he loves toffee and almonds so I knew it’d be a hit, and I was right. I’ll be making this for our Christmas treat pans for the neighbors next month too!
I went a little overboard on the almonds sprinkled over the top, as you can see in the picture, but as I said he loves almonds and there were no complaints …read more