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Which chocolate should I use for baking?

Which chocolate should I use for baking? (post #71570)

evabrcic on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 13:36

Cooking Discussion

Which is the best chocolate to use for truffles? chocolate cake?

chocolate (post #71570, reply #1 of 3)

by Pielove in reply to evabrcic [original] on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 17:55

Hi evabrcic, I would say for trufffles and other confections where you really taste the chocolate, use the best you can afford-- Callebaut is a favorite of mine. It will depend on your taste (I wouldn't use something really assertive like Scharfenberger), and where you live (here in Chicago, I can get very good Polish chocolate, but in rural areas, you might have to make do). Just avoid chocolate chips and other preparations that have additions beyond chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, and sugar.

For cake and suchlike, I do use a slightly lower grade, as the other ingredients mask the chocolate a bit.

What, specifically, are you making? I'm thinking of a batch of Chewy Brownies from FC, mmm. http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/chewy_brownies.aspx

My 1st grader thinks I should really be thinking of Abby Dodge's Emergency Blender Cupcakes though.

Jen

Which chocolate should I use for baking? (post #71570, reply #2 of 3)

by Oswaldhamilton in reply to evabrcic [original] on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 03:23

If you Want to Baking cocoa chocolate is used primarily as an ingredient in recipes such as brownies, cakes, and frostings. While the purest form of baking chocolate has no sugar added to it, the major chocolate brands represented in the baking aisles of most supermarkets often have several sweetened versions to choose from.

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