While browsing through flickr this morning, I came across a truly inspired piece of chocolate amazingness:

Bobby Flay’s Chocolate Blackout Cake. He created it for an episode of his Food Network show Throwdown, wherein he had to create a wedding cake to compete against someone who made wedding cakes for a living.
It uses chocolate, ancho chile powder, buttermilk and coffee for the cake, two different kinds of chocolate for the whipped ganache filling, and coconut for the frosting.
I would love to give this a try — and I give props to flickr user kimberlykv who did make it! — but I …read more

This week’s chocolate zen is a brownie that looks beyond amazing.
It’s from flickr user hfb and is a “chocolate brownie topped with chocolate mousse and a black currant gelee.”

This week’s Chocolate Zen is a delicious-looking hot chocolate. I’m not sure why it’s in a glass but it sure looks pretty!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I need to make a Starbucks run for another Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate (get it with a shot of espresso – it’s amazing! Thanks for the idea, 6thFloor!).
[image: flickr]

This week’s Chocolate Zen is a simple chocolate birthday cake I found on flickr. It was made with a ganache frosting and looks delicious!
[image: flickr]