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Valentine's Day

Pass a Cup of Chocolate Coffee Cake

Chocolate and coffee have always been a match made in heaven, and that's the case with this recipe for cupped cakes.

chocolate cupped cakeChocolate and coffee have always been a match made in heaven, and that's the case with this recipe for cupped cakes. Before the invention of muffin tins, cakes were often cooked in small oven-safe coffee cups, hence the name went from being cupped cake to what it's called now, the cupcake.

The original recipe calls for chicory coffee, but after searching high and low, I couldn't find any, so I substituted a strong brewed coffee. This eggless cake is an easy souffle with a lava-like center; it's sure to thrill the chocoholics in your life. While the cake cooks, there's plenty of time to light candles and sit down to a romantic dinner. Get ready to dip your spoon into this gooey cupped cake — just keep reading for the recipe.

Food

How Often Do You Eat Sweet Baked Goods?

Cookies, brownies, cupcakes, muffins, scones, cakes, pastries, and other sweet bread items are a real treat in my house.

Cookies, brownies, cupcakes, muffins, scones, cakes, pastries, and other sweet bread items are a real treat in my house. I don't avoid making or buying them, but when I have them in the kitchen, they're gone in a matter of hours. It's nice to indulge in those sweet treats every once in a while, but they're not something I eat every day. What about you?

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New Moon News & On-Set Antics, The Vampire Diaries Flashback, & a Cupcake Car?

Peter Facinelli tells a funny story about a card he gave to Robert Pattinson, Stefan and Damon Salvatore get a 19th century makeover for The Vampire Diaries flashback episode, and the guys of Glee cover Bon Jovi and Usher in tonight's new episode!

Peter Facinelli tells a funny story about a card he gave to Robert Pattinson, Stefan and Damon Salvatore get a 19th century makeover for The Vampire Diaries flashback episode, and the guys of Glee cover Bon Jovi and Usher in tonight's new episode!

ediets

I'm Dreaming of a White Ice Cream Cone...

Do you ever dream about food?

Do you ever dream about food? It happens to me on occasion, but I never really thought out the implications of the dream, I just thought I was hungry or possibly craving a food that my diet would not let me eat -- That is until now.

I may be stepping on DearSugar's and YumSugar's territory here but ediets got the scoop on what your foodie dreams mean, so here is the run down:

For starters, seeing a green, leafy salad is your body's way of telling you to take better care of yourself. Eat better from now on to avoid sickness and bad health.

Ice cream suggests good luck and much success in your love life, so go ahead and eat the whole thing. Beware, though, if your sundae has nuts on it -- you're in for some craziness or confusion. They can also be translated as a pun on "testicles" and refer to your sex life. Bottom line: A few nuts on your ice cream means you're destined for a wild, passionate relationship.

Chocoholics can rest easy with their dreams -- any dream about chocolate denotes good health and happiness, as well as a fondness for a pampered lifestyle. Obviously, you were meant to live it up in the lap of luxury. Indulge and buy something nice for yourself.

To see a cake or cookies shows friends will soon do something nice for you. If the sweets look ugly or burnt, however, you're in for a short spell of bad luck. You didn't think you were going to have your cake and eat it too, did you?

Are you dreaming about pasta, coffee and/or fruit? Then read more

NPR

Whoa There Cupcake!

Leave it to YumSugar to put cupcakes on my brain once again.

Leave it to YumSugar to put cupcakes on my brain once again. Did you know she bakes cupcakes and brings them in for the office to sample? Ah, I digress... However she did recently point out a rather interesting report from NPR and the Diet Detective himself, Charles Stewart Platkin, on cupcakes.

Platkin believes that while cupcakes are incredibly delicious, we are not fully aware of their wrath - calorie wise. He took on NYC's finest bakeries, Magnolia (yum) and Crumbs (double yum) and put them against notable grocery heavyweight Hostess. Here are his findings:

The Crumbs vanilla cupcake (left) has 780 calories and nearly 36 grams of fat. Magnolia's comparatively dainty version has 389 calories and nearly 19 grams of fat.

OK, so what about when compared to Hostess? To find out, read more