To Make Chocolate Buttercream With Baker's Chocolate????

Decorating By monizcel Updated 21 Mar 2007 , 8:51pm by darlene_000

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monizcel Posted 16 Mar 2007 , 2:32pm
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I am planning on making chocolate buttercream using melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder.

Do I use unsweetened (orange and black Baker's chocolate box) or semi-sweet chocolate (Red and black Baker's chocolate box)?

I know I need to add about 3 oz of the chocolate to the shortening/butter mix to make this work.

TIA

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bethbyington Posted 16 Mar 2007 , 2:36pm
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I've used the unsweetened, I've never tried semi-sweet

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MaisieBake Posted 16 Mar 2007 , 5:00pm
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It will work but you'll want to check/adjust your sugar to make sure the BC is sweet enough.

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SugarBakers05 Posted 16 Mar 2007 , 5:20pm
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I had made chocolate BC using cocoa powder, but it came out a pale brown. If I want a deeper shade of brown, what should I do, add melted chocolate? If so, do you have an idea how much?

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weederberries Posted 21 Mar 2007 , 7:57pm
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Originally Posted by pascal

I had made chocolate BC using cocoa powder, but it came out a pale brown. If I want a deeper shade of brown, what should I do, add melted chocolate? If so, do you have an idea how much?




I usually color mine with the gel colors. I only have Wilton's brown color, but it looks too red, so I'll be looking for a different brand next time.

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darlene_000 Posted 21 Mar 2007 , 8:51pm
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Ameri color makes a chocolate brown color.

I wanted a deper brown, so I made my BC dream with a mixture of dark chocolate chips & milk chocolate chips. The color turned out pretty good (Good Luck cake in pictures), and it was delicious!

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