How Do I Keep My Chocolate Chips From Sinking??

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tarheelgirl Posted 17 Jul 2010 , 4:28pm
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I coated them in flour and folded them into the cake batter. I tried the chocolate chip pound cake in the recipe section. I only had one bag of chocolate chips for 2 batters of cake mix.. this was for an 8" cake. There are some in the center of the cake but most went to the bottom. Maybe I needed another bag of chocolate chips?

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kakeladi Posted 17 Jul 2010 , 4:45pm
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usually dusting them w/flour or the dry cake mix works. That sounds like you had plenty of chips for the amount of batter. I bet they are distrubited better than you think.
Next time use mini chips icon_smile.gif

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tarheelgirl Posted 17 Jul 2010 , 4:51pm
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I never even thought about using mini chips! icon_biggrin.gif Made this for a family birthday so I can't wait to cut into it later.

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lovely_me Posted 17 Jul 2010 , 8:26pm
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Yup - I would use mini chips and coat them with flour (I just dump them in a gallon zip bag with about a tablespoon of flour and shake).

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mamawrobin Posted 17 Jul 2010 , 8:33pm
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Yup - I would use mini chips and coat them with flour (I just dump them in a gallon zip bag with about a tablespoon of flour and shake).




That's what I would suggest. I use the mini chips because I can't keep the larger ones from sinking even when coating with flour.

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JulieMN Posted 18 Jul 2010 , 12:58am
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Originally Posted by lovely_me

Yup - I would use mini chips and coat them with flour (I just dump them in a gallon zip bag with about a tablespoon of flour and shake).



That's what I would suggest. I use the mini chips because I can't keep the larger ones from sinking even when coating with flour.




Ditto!

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Kitagrl Posted 18 Jul 2010 , 1:03am
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I use the mini chips and they don't even need flour, they stay put pretty well.

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pieceacake830 Posted 18 Jul 2010 , 1:14am
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I used the mini chip and every last one of them sank to the bottom. icon_mad.gif I didnt think they had enough weight to them to make them sink, but sink they did...I'll have to try coating them with flour next time.

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tarheelgirl Posted 18 Jul 2010 , 12:58pm
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I wanted to test this out on a family members birthday before selling to an actual client. My family LOVES being my guinea pig! icon_biggrin.gif Sure enough all the chips went to the bottom not even one chip in the middle. So it is mini chips all the way next time!

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