Portillo's is a veritable Chicago institution, and its famous chocolate cake shake is worth the hype. Here's the inside scoop ...

Fluffier soufflé-like cakes might start with a custardy chocolate batter and have you gently incorporate whipped egg whites right before baking. Here, we beat whole eggs with sugar until they're ...

“I couldn’t believe the whole cake was gone. I started thinking, ‘Is chocolate poisonous for opossums?’” She did some quick research and learned that wild opossums will eat almost ...

A miniature chocolate king cake from Bittersweet Confections in New Orleans. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate) The whole cake is a puffy, fat braid of ...