Chocolate bark cake

Meringue mushrooms, perfect for topping cakes and Buche de Noels.

Stump Cakes are all the rage for "guy" parties. Everything from Baby's First Birthday to Bro-Showers to Grand-Paw's 80th birthday are going with the Woodland theme. So when a friend request one I jumped on the chance to give it a try. And despite my initial angst, the cake was surprisingly easy to make. There were three parts to this cake: 1) the Ax, 2) a cake board that looked like wood and was thick enough to hold up the Ax, and 3) the "bark" of the stump. To me the "bark" was the biggest…

Melted chocolate is rolled in parchment paper, rolled and set.

Learn how to temper chocolate with this illustrated tutorial. This is the simplest, easiest, most FOOL-PROOF way to temper chocolate ever!

This vegan tree stump cake is the perfect centerpiece for your holiday table. Completely eggless and dairy-free.

This chocolate bark sprinkled with pistachios, roasted almonds, cranberries and apricots makes for an easy dessert or a lovely gift to share!