Coffee
Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate-Raspberry Frosting
An old-fashioned cake gets a new treatment: Some of the trimmed cake crumbs are mixed with chocolate-cookie crumbs and pressed onto the frosting. Fresh raspberries are the colorful crowning touch.
Vin D'orange (Orange Wine)
By Susan Herrmann Loomis
Marbleized Mocha Tart
In this dessert, two fillings — a dark mocha ganache and a white chocolate ganache — are swirled together with a small knife for a dramatic effect.
Affogato al Caffè
Coffee Semifreddo "Drowned" in Coffee
We have served this dessert at Pó for six years and it is consistently my favorite—a kind of adult milkshake. Be careful to use decaf for the bathing liquid, or your guests may be up yakking all night.
By Mario Batali
Mocha Ice Cream Sundaes with Coffee-Caramel Sauce
The caramel sauce adds a grown-up edge to these summer treats.
Chocolate Mousse
While not exactly diet food, this mousse allows chocoholics to indulge and spares them calories from yolks, butter and cream.
Jerk Pork Tenderloin
Coffee beans soften the heat of the chile and bring out the other flavors in this paste-like marinade. You can also use the paste on chicken, as they do at Maroons, where this dish is served. Begin marinating the meat the day before.
Light Tiramisu
Whole eggs, angel food cake, light cream cheese and light sour cream bring the calorie count of this Italian dessert way down.
Mocha Toffee Cashew Bars
You might be tempted to bake 2 sheets of bars at a time in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Don't give in to this urge—they must go in the middle of the oven to cook through and brown evenly.
Tiramisu Panna Cotta
Creamy panna cotta imbued with mascarpone, espresso, cocoa, and booze is everything you love about classic Italian tiramisu in a lusciously wobbly package.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Frozen Espresso Martini With Spiked Whipped Cream
This frozen cocktail uses instant espresso for a strong flavor and unbeatable convenience.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Boozy Banana Latte
This frozen coffee cocktail recipe combines cold brew concentrate, frozen bananas, mezcal, cinnamon, and vanilla, blended together until creamy. Whip one up for brunch this weekend.
By Maggie Hoffman
Coffee-and-Bourbon-Braised Short Ribs
Instant espresso powder and smoky-sweet bourbon lend big flavor to a delectable braising liquid that begs to blanket a bowl of mashed potatoes.
By Inés Anguiano
Sticky Chocolate Cake
In the Venn diagram of chocolate bakes, this recipe falls squarely in the middle of where brownie, molten chocolate cake, and chocolate soufflé meet.
By Hana Asbrink
Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Cake
Vanilla ice cream, espresso-spiked fudge, and lots (and lots) of chocolate cookie crunchies.
By Nina Moskowitz