The Delia Collection: Chocolate

The Delia Collection: Chocolate book is a paradise for all chocaholics.

Here, some of Delia's favourite chocolate recipes were put together in one book to make them easy to find, and guess what - they're all easy to make!

Amaretti Chocolate Cake

Italian Amaretti biscuits are now widely available in supermarkets, as well as delicatessen, and their stro...

Italian Amaretti biscuits are now widely available in supermarkets, as well as delicatessen, and their strong almond flavour is the perfect match with some strong, ver...

Buche de Noel (Chocolate Chestnut Log)

This famous French confection turns up in a number of guises, some of which I have a great aversion to, hav...

This famous French confection turns up in a number of guises, some of which I have a great aversion to, having never liked the sickly sweet butter cream that's often u...

Chocolate Rum Gateau

This recipe, originally invented for Comic Relief is the busy person's chocolate dessert, which is made in ...

This recipe, originally invented for Comic Relief is the busy person's chocolate dessert, which is made in an instant but tastes like you slaved all day. It freezes...

Cheats' Chocolate Trifle

This one’s either for people who don’t like to cook or for devoted cooks who nonetheless need something rea...

This one’s either for people who don’t like to cook or for devoted cooks who nonetheless need something really speedy. First, you need to zip round the supermarket ...

A picture of Delia's Chocolate Almond Crunchies recipe

Chocolate Crunchies

Although you can now buy really good-quality biscuits and American cookies, making them at home still has t...

Although you can now buy really good-quality biscuits and American cookies, making them at home still has the edge, and as biscuits are so easy, it's a very good place...

15 minutes

to cook

Chocolate Blancmange

I have had a long association with chocolate blancmange: I've always wanted it desperately, but never been ...

I have had a long association with chocolate blancmange: I've always wanted it desperately, but never been able to make it successfully. I've been down the cornflou...

Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding

I have to thank Larkin Warren, a wonderful American chef, for her original recipe, which I have adapted. ...

I have to thank Larkin Warren, a wonderful American chef, for her original recipe, which I have adapted. It is quite simply one of the most brilliant hot puddings e...

30 minutes - 35 minutes

to cook

Chocolate Choux Buns

These lovely, light, airy choux buns are filled and topped with a squidgy chocolate mousse mixture and coat...

These lovely, light, airy choux buns are filled and topped with a squidgy chocolate mousse mixture and coated with chocolate icing and chopped nuts. The Delia Onlin...

22 minutes - 28 minutes

to cook

Chocolate Drop Mini Muffins with Red Noses

Tiny little chocolate bites - soft, light, with melted chocolate swirled on the top, on which to fix a whol...

Tiny little chocolate bites - soft, light, with melted chocolate swirled on the top, on which to fix a whole cherry. Once you've mastered the very easy art of makin...

10 minutes

to cook

Chocolate Fudge Cake

This recipe was born in the Seventies, when there was a sudden surge of partiality for all things healthy a...

This recipe was born in the Seventies, when there was a sudden surge of partiality for all things healthy and 'whole'. The problem was, 'whole' sometimes meant heav...

30 minutes - 35 minutes

to cook

A picture of Delia's Chocolate Fudge with Roasted Nuts and Raisins recipe

Chocolate Fudge with Nuts and Raisins

This is another Canary Catering favourite, which we serve with coffee – it is widely appreciated and we alw...

This is another Canary Catering favourite, which we serve with coffee – it is widely appreciated and we always have lots of pleas for the recipe. The Delia Online C...

Chocolate Hazelnut Meringue Roulade

When we first put this on the menu at Delia's City Brasserie at the football club, it was one of the fastes...

When we first put this on the menu at Delia's City Brasserie at the football club, it was one of the fastest-selling desserts ever. Please don't worry about rolling...

Vegetarian

Chocolate Mascarpone Cheesecake

This is quite simply a chocolate cheesecake to die for. If you like chocolate, if you like dark chocolat...

This is quite simply a chocolate cheesecake to die for. If you like chocolate, if you like dark chocolate with fruit and nuts, and if you like luscious, velvet-text...

Mocha Mousse

I think if you're going to make a mousse for yourself then you deserve to get plenty of flavour from it - a...

I think if you're going to make a mousse for yourself then you deserve to get plenty of flavour from it - and this one certainly offers that! The Delia Online Cooke...

Chocolate Ricotta Cheesecake

This cheesecake is not intensely 'in-your-face' chocolatey, but more subtle. The texture and the slight ...

This cheesecake is not intensely 'in-your-face' chocolatey, but more subtle. The texture and the slight acidity in the ricotta gives this an unusual edge and this, ...

Chocolate Soured Cream Cake

This is for people who don’t like things too sweet but, that said, if you do, add a tablespoon of sugar to ...

This is for people who don’t like things too sweet but, that said, if you do, add a tablespoon of sugar to the filling. The Delia Online Cookery School: Fond of cho...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

to cook

Chocolate and Almond Cupcakes

These beautifully moist cupcakes are a very chocolatey affair indeed, light in colour but with dark speckle...

These beautifully moist cupcakes are a very chocolatey affair indeed, light in colour but with dark speckles of melted chocolate inside and a white chocolate icing on ...

A picture of Delia's Chocolate, Prune and Armagnac Cake recipe

Chocolate, Prune and Armagnac Cake Flourless

This is the very lightest chocolate cake of all, the reason being that no flour is used – it's simply made ...

This is the very lightest chocolate cake of all, the reason being that no flour is used – it's simply made with eggs and cocoa powder. It's very fragile, almost sou...

Fallen Chocolate Souffle

Yes, it's really true – this soufflé is supposed to puff like a normal one, but then it is removed from the...

Yes, it's really true – this soufflé is supposed to puff like a normal one, but then it is removed from the oven and allowed slowly to subside into a lovely, dark, squ...

Frozen Chocolate Bananas

Sounds odd, doesn't it? But you'll believe it when you try it. These are truly sensational – better than...

Sounds odd, doesn't it? But you'll believe it when you try it. These are truly sensational – better than ice cream or a sorbet. First you bite into crisp frozen cho...

Hand-made Chocolates

People search the world over for the very best chocolates, but there's no need. The very best of all are...

People search the world over for the very best chocolates, but there's no need. The very best of all are those freshly made at home. Just the thing to serve with th...

Home-made Chocolate Truffles

This is a subject that experts get awfully fussed about and there are all kinds of rules and regulations ab...

This is a subject that experts get awfully fussed about and there are all kinds of rules and regulations about handling chocolate. Therefore what I have on offer he...

Hot Chocolate Fudge Sundae

This is the most sublime summer chocolate dessert, especially for eating out of doors – say, at a barbecue....

This is the most sublime summer chocolate dessert, especially for eating out of doors – say, at a barbecue. The sauce can be made at any stage and kept covered in t...

A picture of Delia's Iced Chocolate Chestnut Creams with White Chocolate Sauce recipe

Iced Chocolate Creams

This is one of the best frozen dessert dishes ever. Not only do the creams look and taste very good but ...

This is one of the best frozen dessert dishes ever. Not only do the creams look and taste very good but they are also easy to make and keep well for a good 5-6 week...