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Bittersweet Baking Judge: Sarah Phillips of Baking 911

Baking 911 is a web resource we find ourselves turning to over and over again. It's a website with community boards, extensive tips, and comprehensive answers to any baking question you can think o...

Flickr Find: Coffee-Chocolate Cupcakes

Photo by Flickr member chotda Coffee, chocolate, and mascarpone cream......

Bittersweet Baking Contest

Welcome to Bittersweet Baking, The Kitchn's first ever baking contest! What is Bittersweet Baking? The holidays are over and we're through with all that sweetness. But that doesn't mean we are forgoi...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #4: Spicy Bittersweet Chocolate Bread Puddings

The fourth finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Emily with her Spicy Bittersweet Chocolate Bread Puddings. We adore bread pudding, and we really liked how easy this recipe is. Emily exp...

Goes Well With Coffee: Five Sweet Things

As we thought about what we like best with coffee, we realized that we've blogged most of them. Here are five recipes from our archives that go really, really well with coffee. • Spicy Sticky...

Coffee Extracts from The Baker's Catalogue

Have you ever used coffee extract in your baking? We're never have, but we're curious about the possibilities. We just noticed that The Baker's Catalogue has two different kinds of coffee extracts l...

Thursday Giveaway: Two Pounds of Ugly Mug Coffee Beans

Gift: Two pounds of Fair Trade, freshly roasted Ugly Mug coffee beans Shop: Saving Grace and Hardy Passion available from Ugly Mug's website for $9.25/pound There are many coffee roasters out there...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #3: Brownie Cookies

The third finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Shelly with her Brownie Cookies. Shelly came out as a strong finalist because of the work she put into this recipe. Shelly had a specific ...

Coffee Terroir: Africa and Arabia

Africa is the birthplace of coffee and it's been cultivated and brewed here far longer than anywhere else in the world. It's fitting, then, that African coffees have a depth and wine-like sophisticati...

Goes Well With Coffee: Homemade Pop-Tarts

Pop-Tarts - guilty supermarket pleasure, or home-baked treat? You can have it both ways with this recipe from Tarah at Genesis of a Cook - fresh Pop-Tarts complete with glaze and sprinkles... ...

Good Question: Can I Replace Espresso Powder With Espresso?

All of the (wonderful) coffee coverage this week has reminded me of a question that's been at the back of my mind. I run across a number of baking recipes that call for espresso powder, and I've yet t...

Coffee Terroir: Latin America

Good coffee and wine have many things in common, and one of them is the concept of terroir. Terroir in coffee, as in wine, is a word that expresses everything about the geographic region of that par...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #2: Yummy-Nib Brownies

Our second finalist! This was a no-brainer from the huge set of entries in our Bittersweet Baking contest. The sheer amount and variety of chocolate in these brownies (plus our weakness for cocoa...

Lunchtime Survey: What Do You Cook With Coffee?

We're curious about your coffee habits - coffee cooking, that is. Most of us drink coffee in some form, whether it's at home or at our favorite coffeeshop. But cooking and baking with coffee is anot...

Recipe: Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze

Not to be confused with breakfast coffee cake, our Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze is a fluffy, moist, and coffee-scented dessert with a sweet, creamy glaze icing. ...

Pantry Basics: What Is Espresso Powder?

If you've baked a chocolate or mocha-flavored cake or dessert, the recipe probably called for espresso powder or instant espresso. What's espresso powder, and can you substitute something else? Espr...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #1: Candied Kumquat & Bittersweet Chocolate Cherry Mini Galettes

Our first finalist is in, and it was a unanimous choice from the large, diverse set of entries we received in our Bittersweet Baking contest. Our editorial team was won over by Helen's simple and...

Goes Well With Coffee: Coffee Cake

No - really! Well, we felt there's no harm in stating the obvious. Coffee cake - it goes well with coffee. But we couldn't decide on just one... ...

Recipe: Coffee Fluff

This luscious creamy dessert is not for the faint of heart. That's not because it's difficult - a child could put it together. It's not exotic either - it's the grown-up version of a nursery dessert...

Java Word of Mouth: Acidity

Acidity n. Term for the bright, dry taste notes in coffee - not to be confused with unpleasant sourness. Like wine, coffee has its own set of jargon and terms that may mean one thing when you're no...

Thursday Giveaway Winners: ChocolateChocolate and Scharffen Berger Baking Goodies

Congratulations to readers dolls123 and lesleychef who were both chosen at random to win a signed copy of Lisa Yockelson's ChocolateChocolate and a package of baking chocolate goodies from Scharffen B...

Brew Tools: Coffee Scoops

A coffee scoop is hardly an essential tool - we use a measuring tablespoon. But if you're a frequent coffee drinker, a dedicated coffee scoop can be a small daily pleasure. ...

Goes Well With Coffee: Dark Chocolate and Orange Muffins

Another tempting muffin for our morning coffee! Chocolate is a classic pairing with coffee, of course, but we go on the record for loving orange flavors with coffee too. Especially in a tender muffi...

Green to Dark: Grades of Coffee Roasting

From the green bean to the darkest roast, here's a scale of coffee roasting and a guide to those different roasts you see marked on your coffee beans: ...

Coffee In a Muffin: Three Recipes

It's hard to see exactly why these mocha muffins are called muffins and not cupcakes, but whatever - we'll go with it. Here are three ways to put coffee in your baked morning muffins... ...