Chocolate cake is the dessert-lover's ultimate dessert, and this book contains the ultimate in chocolate cake recipes. Pamella Asquith, author and cooking teacher, has brought together her own innovative recipes - relying only on natural ingredients, almost no chemical leavenings or flavoring extracts, and the minimum amount of sugar - for an astonishing range of chocolate creations. Ms. Asquith works as a professional cook, baker, and pastry chef in Berkeley, California. She has also written THE QUINTESSENTIAL CROISSANT and PAMELLA Z. ASQUITH'S FRUIT TART COOKBOOK. CK-1