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Cook's notes: Black Onyx cocoa powder is exclusively for baking. It has been alkalized to the extreme, producing a dark, purplish-black cocoa with a lower fat percentage than common cocoas.

Contributor Richard and I invited my son, Zan, and his girlfriend, Lucy, over for a cozy little holiday dinner.

We know Reading and North Reading residents don't just stay in either town when they want a night out and a break from cooking.

All Listings Arts and Entertainment Food and Dining Health and Wellness Home and Gardening Shopping Sports and Recreation Submit Marketplace Listing Mariposa Cheesecakes owner Dave Hoover sits with some of the fresh breads available at the shop.

Mix the caster sugar and butter together in a stand mixer or using an electric whisk, for around 5-7 minutes until pale and fluffy.

Join Claire de Lune, Verushka Darling and Masterchef contestant Kevin Perry as they celebrate BGF Bake Off's 25th anniversary, writes Serkan Ozturk.

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line an 11-by-7-inch pan with foil, allowing foil to overhang on short sides of dish; grease the foil.

Over the summer I spent a couple of days holidaying down south with good friends - Jeff, Claire and Jack - as well as some lovely friends of theirs; it was blissful summer fun.

Winners of the Ace of Cakes contest at Waldo Pafford Elementary School hold up their entries.

A new cookbook, "350 Best Vegan Recipes" , written by culinary consultant Deb Roussou of California, provides a wide range of meal ideas, a primer on the vegan lifestyle and tips on stocking the pantry.

The Small Fry Tri for preschoolers is set for 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Pavilion 3 in Old Fort Park.

Mmm, pistachio. Pistachios are one of my favorite things in the world, scratch that.

Making a Star Wars-themed cupcake for a birthday party or personal consumption does not have to a timely endeavor, the Star Wars Cupcake Stencils make endowing any delectable treat as easy as sprinkling sugar over cereal.

In this case, it's a peach-laden batter cooked into a nearly custard, nearly cake, nearly pie.

A couple of weeks ago, my husband and my staff allowed me to take a couple of days off to attend the Southern Food Writers Conference in Knoxville, Tenn.

Celebrate Snow White-style or Evil witch-style, whichever you prefer, with these poisoned apple cupcakes that are just too tempting to resist.

Do you foresee a wonderful party in your future? Don't leave anything to chance.

The Texas-based bakery Cupcakes Cubed has found a way to break the predictable cupcake mould.

I've been writing for Serious Eats: Sweets since January of 2011. At first my recipes included everything from ice cream to cookies to cake, but eventually "Let Them Eat Cake" was born and, since then, my focus is blissfully devoted to pondering deeply on cake - layered, icebox, rolled, hand-held. My favorites are usually nutty, brown butter-based, ... (more)

Baking a cake for Gloria Estefan on Monday and Dennis Rodman on Wednesday? Hundreds of other orders? Just another week in the life of Sarah Paz-Claro, owner and cake-maker at The Office Cake in Doral .