Does Anyone

Decorating By kdhoffert Updated 30 Oct 2006 , 3:25pm by kdhoffert

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kdhoffert Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 2:02pm
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add baking chocolate to their cakes, and if so, how does this effect your cake texture, stability and taste wise? Do you do it when making from scratch or from a mix?

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GrannieJ Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 2:15pm
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I've not done that, but I'll give you a bump!

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Tiffysma Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 2:27pm
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I do that. I always add a bar of melted german chocolate to gc cake and bittersweet or semi sweet chocolate to chocolate mixes, white chocolate for white chocolate cake. I do use mixes and add the cooled melted chocolate at the end. I think it gives it a much richer flavor and makes the cakes more moist.

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FunCakesVT Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 2:31pm
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Great idea to melt it. So far, I have just chopped chips and then mixed them in - help with flavor, but not consistency.

How much to do you add?

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Tiffysma Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 2:35pm
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I add about 6 oz. A tip I learned from Emeril, is to melt the white chocolate with a bit of milk to keep it from scorching.

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kdhoffert Posted 30 Oct 2006 , 3:25pm
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I'm trying to start baking all my cakes from scratch, really having problems with DH, and not a big fan of the pillsbury or BC. It's just hard to find scratch cakes that are really heavy and have a similar texture to box mixes. I will see how this is with a scratch cake. I heard the King Arthur's white cake is really good. I'm going to make that next week after I get moved. Think I'll try part with part without chocolate and see how I like it. Thanks.

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