Black Cocoa

Decorating By Gingoodies Updated 13 Dec 2006 , 5:54am by carilyn

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Gingoodies Posted 13 Dec 2006 , 12:35am
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Have you ever used it?? I ordered some from the King Arthur Flour Co. catalogue. When I got it I opened the bag to check it out. I thought they had sent me coal dust icon_surprised.gif !! The directions say to use it in combination with other cocoa, preferably dutch process. I was making chocolate cookies an decided to give it a shot. OH MY!!!! it is wonderful... dark dark dark and rich cookies. I put mint flavored candy pieces in the cookies. It was like eating a Girl Scout thin mint cookie.. but more so!!! I can't wait to try making a real dark chocolate buttercream with it. This is my find of the month!! icon_lol.gifthumbs_up.gif

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Sugar_Plum_Fairy Posted 13 Dec 2006 , 12:48am
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Wish I had known about this stuff yesterday when I was preparing to make my penguins for my non-dairy cake. lol Something to tuck away for the future. Thanks

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rezzygirl Posted 13 Dec 2006 , 12:52am
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I use it all the time for my chocolate cakes. I haven't tried it in cookies yet though. I get it from King arthur also. It's great stuff. I use a combination of dutch and black with a touch of espresso powder (also from KAF) for my chocolate cakes. It does have a wonderfully deep rich chocolate flavor!

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flourgrl Posted 13 Dec 2006 , 3:24am
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I recently saw this in a magazine and was intrigued. I dont think it's available in Canada though icon_sad.gif
Rezzy....do you simply replace part of your cocoa in the recipe with the black stuff, or do you need to fiddle with your recipe a bit??

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rezzygirl Posted 13 Dec 2006 , 3:36am
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Originally Posted by flourgrl

I recently saw this in a magazine and was intrigued. I dont think it's available in Canada though icon_sad.gif
Rezzy....do you simply replace part of your cocoa in the recipe with the black stuff, or do you need to fiddle with your recipe a bit??




My regular recipe calls for 3 tbs. cocoa. I just added 1 tb. black cocoa to it for a total of 4 tbs. cocoa. I didn't need to altar the recipe at all.
Here's a link to the King Arthur flour site. Don't know about the shipping costs to Canada though.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/list.jsp?select=C162&byCategory=C165

-Rezzy

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carilyn Posted 13 Dec 2006 , 5:54am
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I used half reg and half black cocoa it wasnt very good. Next time I will use a more reg.

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