The Itsy-Bitsy Kitchen

recipes to feed your sweet tooth

Chocolate Recipes

Chocolate lovers unite!  And bake a cake. . .or cookies or brownies.  Or all three!  Whatever your favorite way to eat chocolate, there's a recipe here for you.  Try this Milky Way cake, or these chocolate profiteroles, or this tuxedo cake.  Or one of the many other amazing chocolate desserts you'll find right here!

Chocolate Nutella Cake

Moist chocolate cake layers sandwiching rich Nutella ganache and covered in creamy Nutella buttercream—what’s not to love about this chocolate Nutella cake? Are you a Nutella fan? The kind who eats it right out of the jar? Because I am. And sometimes that leads to embarrassing situations. Case in point: after making these Nutella cupcakes […]

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

Chocolate banana cupcakes–no stand mixer required!–are a delicious chocolate cupcake filled with banana curd and topped with creamy chocolate buttercream. Chocolate and bananas have never been so good together! If last year was the year of the cheesecake cake here on IBK, then this year must be the year of the fruit curd.  I kinda […]

Chocolate Mint Cupcakes

Chocolate mint cupcakes are a moist chocolate mint cake topped with sweet, refreshing minty buttercream. Who doesn’t love the chocolate-mint combo? Well hello! Guess what I have for you today? I really hope you guessed chocolate mint cupcakes. Because otherwise my photos need significant improvement. Some people relegate mint to the holidays but I believe […]

Tuxedo Cake

Tuxedo cake is moist chocolate cake filled with rich chocolate mousse and sweet white chocolate filling. It’s a chocolate lover’s dream come true! This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase using one of those links I may receive a small commission, at no additional cost to you. I only link to products […]

Nutella Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream

Filled with Nutella and topped with rich, creamy Nutella buttercream, these Nutella cupcakes are the ultimate indulgence! Have I ever mentioned that I like love require chocolate? It’s true. I just hide it well. <—(sarcasm) I’m always looking for a new way to get my chocolate fix and if I’m able to work in NUTELLA(!!!) […]