Chocolate recipes

If you need to melt chocolate, watch how it's done in our Cookery School video. Once you've mastered the art of melting chocolate you are opening yourself up to a world of wonderful chocolate recipes.

From chocolate bread-and-butter-pudding to profiteroles and Sachertorte. Who can resist?

Squidgy Cake Flourless

In the late ’70s this cake went down a storm, and still people tell me they always have it on their birthda...

In the late ’70s this cake went down a storm, and still people tell me they always have it on their birthday! Because it is not made with flour it’s incredibly ligh...

20 minutes - 25 minutes

to cook

Squidgy Cakes Flourless

When I had dinner with a friend from New York recently, he asked me how the low-fat recipes were coming alo...

When I had dinner with a friend from New York recently, he asked me how the low-fat recipes were coming along and gave me a challenge: 'If you can come up with a lo...

12 minutes - 15 minutes

to cook

Steamed Chocolate Pudding

This is a Sunday lunch favourite, so light and airy, almost soufflé-like and very moist. You could, if y...

This is a Sunday lunch favourite, so light and airy, almost soufflé-like and very moist. You could, if you like, just serve it with well-chilled pouring cream, but ...

1 hour

to cook

The Famous Truffle Torte

Yes, this is the one where the nation ran out of liquid glucose, because of (it has to be admitted) the pow...

Yes, this is the one where the nation ran out of liquid glucose, because of (it has to be admitted) the power of television. It has been much copied over the years,...

Tiramisu

There isn't a classic recipe for tiramisu as such, as there are many varying versions both in Italy and aro...

There isn't a classic recipe for tiramisu as such, as there are many varying versions both in Italy and around the world, but the following one is, I think, the nicest...

Warm Chocolate Rum Souffles

These are very light and chocolatey, and made even more wonderful by the addition of chocolate sauce and cr...

These are very light and chocolatey, and made even more wonderful by the addition of chocolate sauce and cream. They’re also reasonably well-behaved and though they...

10 minutes

to cook