Chocolate Chocolate: The Cookbook from Heaven

My mother-in-law gave this recipe book to my wife for her bridal shower and we have enjoyed it ever since. The author is an award winning food journalist, and the photographer is an award winner as well. Put the two together and you get much more than your Grandma's cookbook. The pictures alone are worth it!

I promised to tell you about my favorite recipe in the book. Its called "My Mother's Buttermilk Chocolate Cake" with "Rich Chocolate Frosting". The funny thing is, even though the cake is phenomenal, it's the frosting that makes this cake a home run for me.

When you first make the frosting, its soft and smooth, but by day two it has stiffened into fudge. So my wife layers on the frosting until its about as thick as the cake itself. We get two desserts in one!

I forgot to mention that at the beginning of the book there is a guide to cooking with chocolate. Lisa makes sure that you are well prepared for her masterpieces. Plus, it's good to know how to cook with chocolate since she tries to avoid cocoa powder and focuses on using the real stuff (chocolate).

At 495 pages, if you cooked a new recipe every day, there are more than enough to make sure you don't get bored of repeats!