We may have Gateau Reine de Saba to thank for Julia Child's culinary legacy. With one bite, the chocolate cake reportedly won ...

Another example would be the opéra cake. This uncoated almond sponge cake is soaked in coffee syrup and layered with chocolate ganache and coffee-flavored buttercream before a layer of rich ...

Heat the cream and milk at 70⸰C. Add it into the chocolate and blend with the help of a hand blender and rest it overnight. Boil the cream, glucose raspberry puree and add into the chocolate. Mix well ...

You can't beat a classic cake - and Mary's crowd pleasing chocolate gâteau makes a wonderful make-ahead dessert for special occasions. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Lightly grease two ...

You will need to work quickly: dunk your gateau in and allow any excess to drip off for a few seconds. Scrape the base on the edge of the bowl to get as much of the liquid chocolate off as possible.

Chocolate is made by roasting and grinding up cocoa beans to yield chocolate 'liquor'. This comprises around 50 per cent cocoa solids and 50 per cent cocoa butter (the fat from the beans).