#dutch cocoa

[certifiedceliac]

Chocolate Spice (via BellyRumbles)

[itsawritblr]

Make sure to include cocoa and stroopwafel!

So, um... Dutch Thanksgiving?

[antiphon]

fucked around and made a layer cake out of harvey guillén's met gala outfit

[foodfarrago]

brownie pie

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #WorldChocolateDay 🍫!

Maria Sibylla Merian (Germany 1647 - Dutch Republic 1717)

Cocoa Tree with Southern Armyworm Moth, 1702-03

Watercolour & bodycolour w/ gum arabic over etched lines on vellum, 37.7 x 28.4 cm

Royal Collection Trust RCIN 921183

“A watercolour of a branch of a Cocoa Tree (Theobroma cacao) with the life cycle of the Southern Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera eridania). This is a version of plate 26 in Merian's Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. In the text accompanying the plate, Merian described how, the Cocoa Tree was grown in the shade of a large tree such as a Banana, to protect it from the heat.”

“This is one of a set of luxury versions of the plates from Merian's Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, published in Amsterdam in 1705.

To make these versions, Merian (probably assisted by her daughters) appears to have inked sections of each etched plate and run it through the press to create a partial print. While the ink of that print was still wet, she placed a sheet of vellum against it, transferring a reverse image onto the vellum. This 'counterproof' was then worked up and coloured by hand. The Royal Collection plates are partially printed and partially hand-drawn, the printing mainly being used for the insects. As Merian was only transferring selected areas of the printed image, she could vary the arrangements of the plates, with the positions of the butterflies and moths subtly altered to create unique compositions.”

[castielafflicted]

i have successfully made cookies for my dad's birthday. soft peanut butter cookies with chocolate peanut butter frosting.

[lyledebeast]

My credibility as a home baker is riding on these cookies

[boomalope-pope]

God I fucking love making homemade hot cocoa

[gothamcityprince]

cannot wait to make black forest cake (with cherry whipped cream frosting) and latkes this weekend

[bloodborne-on-pc]

you are so right about oreos dude

Yesss you understand! I do not hate them but they also are very much just kinda there.

[meeshnut]

HOT CHOCOLATE HOT CHOCOLATE

🥵 🍫

[foodfarrago]

molten rocky road skillet cookies

[pollyanna-nana]

Ough see I consume caffeine thru other means. Do you have Dutch Bros or something down where you live? They do energy drinks with added flavors that are sooo tasty. I think a lot of coffee shops do stuff like that now.

YOURE SO VALID but here’s the thing. I cannot drink energy drinks they do bad things to me. But it’s okay I have a System :)

[bloggerliveshere]

"Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting"

Thought it was time for a sweet treat and nothing says “gimme” like a huge slice of Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting. Can I get an “Amen”! There’s nothing like fluffy, soft vanilla cake slathered in decadent chocolate frosting. My fondest memories of yellow cake is from my Granny’s kitchen. Growing up as kids, Sunday drives were a big deal in our family. Somehow, we figured who…

[what-marsha-eats]

Includes three recipes: 1) replacement chocolate cookies to use in the cake, 2) the cake itself, and 3) the original 1938 cake recipe.