Chocolate Recipes
40 recipes with chocolate, including Chocolate Chip Cookies, Tiramisu and Chocolate Lava Cake. 26 are vegetarian and 13 take less than 30 minutes.
Hot Chocolate
Proper hot chocolate made with chopped dark chocolate, not powder — melted into hot milk with a little cocoa and sugar and whisked until glossy and thick enough to coat a spoon.
Esterházy Torte
The Budapest cake named after the Esterházy family — five crisp almond meringue layers with vanilla buttercream, iced in white and finished with the famous feathered chocolate web. A night in the fridge softens the layers so it cuts cleanly.
Torta Caprese
Capri's flourless chocolate and almond cake — dense and moist inside under a thin, crackled crust. Ground almonds and whisked eggs take the place of flour, so it is naturally gluten-free.
Chocolate Salami
A no-bake log of chocolate, butter and broken biscuits studded with walnuts and Turkish delight, rolled in icing sugar and sliced like a salami — a childhood favourite across Bulgaria. Breaking the biscuits by hand, not crushing them, gives the marbled slices.
Biscuit Truffles
No-bake Bulgarian party sweets — crushed biscuits and ground walnuts bound with a warm cocoa, butter and milk syrup, rolled into balls and coated in coconut. A short chill before shaping lets the mixture firm up.
Chocolate Cake
The birthday chocolate cake of Bulgarian pastry shops — three cocoa sponge layers soaked in vanilla syrup, filled with whipped chocolate cream and coated in a dark glaze. Soaking the sponges is the pastry-shop habit that keeps it moist for days.
Dobos Torte
The Budapest cake that confectioner József Dobos presented in 1885 — six thin sponge layers sandwiched with chocolate buttercream and crowned with a disc of hard caramel cut into wedges. The caramel lid kept the cake fresh before refrigeration.
Banoffee Pie
A 1970s invention of the Hungry Monk restaurant in East Sussex — a buttery biscuit base, thick toffee made from condensed milk, sliced bananas and whipped cream under grated chocolate. No oven needed.
Chicken Mole Poblano
Puebla's festive sauce of dried chillies, nuts, seeds, spices and a little dark chocolate, ground and simmered until dark and glossy, then served over poached chicken — the dish of weddings and the Day of the Dead.
Sacher Torte
Vienna's chocolate cake, first made by Franz Sacher in 1832 — a dense chocolate sponge split and spread with apricot jam under a glossy poured chocolate glaze, served with unsweetened whipped cream.
Red Velvet Cake
The American layer cake with a soft, faintly cocoa crumb dyed deep red, made tender by buttermilk and vinegar and covered in tangy cream cheese frosting. Gel colouring gives the red without thinning the batter.
Gabki (Mushroom Cookies)
Bulgarian mushroom cookies — soft yoghurt-dough caps and stems baked separately, glued together with jam and dipped in chocolate, a favourite of children's birthdays. Baker's ammonia gives them their light, dry crumb.
Vanilla Cream Pudding
The thick, spoonable vanilla pudding of Bulgarian childhoods — milk, yolks and sugar set with cornflour and a real vanilla pod, chilled in glasses and dusted with cocoa. Cooking it a full minute past thickening takes away any starchy taste.
Pancake Cake
A Bulgarian celebration cake built from sixteen thin pancakes layered with vanilla custard lightened with whipped cream, then poured over with dark chocolate. A night in the fridge melds the layers so it slices like a sponge cake.
Cannoli
Sicily's fried pastry tubes, shattering-crisp and filled at the last minute with sweetened ricotta, chocolate and candied orange peel. Draining the ricotta overnight keeps the cream thick enough to hold in the shell.
Macarons
Paris's almond meringue sandwiches — smooth, crisp shells on a ruffled foot, filled with dark chocolate ganache and left a day in the fridge to soften. Folding the batter just enough is the whole technique.
Churros con Chocolate
Spain's breakfast and late-night snack — ridged sticks of piped flour-and-water dough fried until crisp, rolled in cinnamon sugar and dunked in thick hot chocolate. The star nozzle matters: the ridges stop the dough bursting in the oil.
Chocolate Ganache
The French emulsion of chocolate and hot cream behind glazes, tart fillings and truffles — one method, three ratios: equal weights for pouring, twice the cream for whipping, twice the chocolate for truffles.
Black Forest Cake
The German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte — layers of chocolate sponge brushed with kirsch, sour cherries and whipped cream under chocolate shavings. A properly whisked sponge, rested overnight, keeps the layers light and the slices clean.
Chocolate Lava Cake
Individual chocolate cakes, the French fondant au chocolat, baked hot and fast so the outside sets while the centre stays molten. Timing is everything — a minute too long and the flowing middle turns to cake.
Marble Cake
The staple of Bulgarian home baking, eaten with morning coffee — a moist oil-and-milk loaf with vanilla and cocoa batters swirled through each other. Matching the thickness of the two batters gives clean, defined marbling.
Biscuit Cake
The no-bake cake of Bulgarian home kitchens — petit-beurre biscuits dipped in milk and layered with a cooked vanilla custard, then left overnight until the biscuits soften into sponge. A thick custard and a quick dip keep the layers from going soggy.
Profiteroles
French choux puffs, baked hollow and crisp, filled with vanilla whipped cream and served under warm chocolate sauce — the dough must be beaten to a glossy ribbon and the oven kept shut, or the puffs collapse.
Chocolate Éclairs
The Parisian pâtisserie classic — fingers of crisp choux pastry filled with chilled vanilla pastry cream and dipped in a chocolate glaze. Baking them until deep golden keeps the shells from going soft under the filling.
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with chocolate are on svcs.bg?
40: 39 cooking recipes and 1 sauce.
What is the quickest recipe with chocolate?
Avocado Chocolate Pudding, in about 5 minutes. Sugar-Free Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream (10 min) and Hot Chocolate (15 min) are quick too.
Are there vegetarian recipes with chocolate?
Yes, 26 of the 40 are vegetarian, for example Hot Chocolate, Esterházy Torte and Torta Caprese.
What goes with chocolate in these recipes?
Most often walnuts (3), chicken (1) and rice (1) (the number of recipes is in brackets).
How is a recipe with chocolate chosen?
From its ingredient list, not its name: a recipe is here when its ingredients include chocolate. Stocks, seasonings and lines like "water for the rice" don't count. The list updates itself with every new recipe.