Chocolate heaven

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MISTLETOE travelled to Dunbrody Country House Hotel in Co Wexford to watch me make this celebrated Opéra-style Chocolate Cake. This delicious treat is an ideal dessert for the party season and best of all, it freezes like a dream so you can make it now and enjoy later.

The Best Chocolate Cake combines cocoa and coffee to create a chocolate lover’s dream. The rich buttercream frosting makes it perfect!

A brownie bowl with ice cream tastes like it's straight from heaven. We've got step by step instructions for the perfect brownie bowls, and tips to get the perfect brownies every time.

There’s a certain amount of discussion about when to use natural vs Dutch-process cocoa powder, which I explain in my chocolate book, if you’re interested in the details, but I’ve made this cake with both kinds of cocoa powder and no one’s refused a slice cake made with either. I make the frosting with water, since I think the cake is plenty rich as it is. But if you want a creamier frosting, using cream in place of the water.

Rich pecan praline chocolate truffles made with homemade maple praline butter, chocolate, and raw cacao butter, coated in a dark chocolate shell. These decadent praline truffles make a delicious chocolatey-buttery Valentine’s gift that is also vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free

Spiked with espresso bitters, this chocolate coconut custard is velvety and decadent, whisked to thicken with a coconut egg mixture and of course, flavoured with dark chocolate.

This 4 layer chocolate heaven is a perfect mix of soft chocolate cake, silky chocolate pudding, and a creamy chocolate ganache.

Oh, myyyyy. We can't take our eyes off Nigella's hypnotic chocolate tart with a pinch of salt to drive you wild.