cocoa powder

Lyndsay_21

I have a tin of cocoa powder but i dont really know what to ise it for as every recipe i have in my books for anything chocolatey says to use proper chocolate so i'm not really sure what to do with it... any ideas????

Trow

Make cocoa - heat up milk, add cocoa powder (about 2 tsp) and some sugar to taste

Make chocolate cake

Make the Chocolate version of hte microwave sponge pudding

sproggi

A quick idea is to substitute 1oz of cocoa powder for 1oz of flour to make a chocolate cake.

Sproggi

Swan_2

make chocolate muffins, I'm sure there'll be a recipe somewhere on the site

sproggi

Chocolate creams

Biscuits:
4oz butter
2oz caster sugar
4oz SR flour
1oz cocoa powder
half tsp vanilla essence

Buttercream:
2oz butter
3oz icing sugar
2tbsp cocoa powder

Combine all the biscuit ingredients in a bowl, mix well.

Divide mix into 16 even sized pieces and roll into balls. Place apart on 2 greased baking trays. Flatten each ball slightly with a fork.

Bake at 200 oc for 12-14 mins. Allow to cool.

Cream butter and icing sugar until fluffy. Add cocoa and mix well.

Spread buttercream onto biscuits and sandwich together to make 8 biscuits.

Sproggi

Ems*Honie

I add a few tsp of cocoa powder to chili, makes it really rich

Becles

A chocolate cake recipe that I get lots of compliments on!

Mix together:

7oz SR flour
8oz sugar
1oz cocoa powder
pinch of salt

Rub in 4oz marg.

In a jug, measure ¼ pint of milk and beat in 2 eggs.

Beat liquid into dry ingredients.

Pour into 2 7" sandwich tins and bake for about 30 mins at 180°C.

Sandwich together with butter cream and top with melted chocolate - mmmm.


Just made the recipe in fairy cake cases for my sons birthday party tomorrow. If you do that, just bake them for about 15 mins.

thriftlady_2

Chocolate fudge Pudding - uses 6 tbsp of cocoa

Sorry,this is an American recipe,so uses cup measures.If you don't have any cup measures 1 cup is an 8 fl oz measure.

This is an excellent chocolatey pud,proving that you don't need 70% cocoa-solids expensive choc to make good choc desserts.

Grease a shallow baking dish-about 9''by13''

Sift together
1 cup plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp cocoa

add
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract(optional)

Mix until just smooth,then spoon into the dish.

Mix together
4 tbsp cocoa
1 cup of soft brown sugar

Sprinkle over batter in dish
Pour over all 1 1/2 cups of boiling water-DO NOT STIR

Bake 40 mins at 180c
Serve warm with cream

thriftlady_2

btw 1 oz of choc = 3 Tbsp of cocoa
Works in most recipes
HTH

purplemoon

Trow wrote:

Make cocoa - heat up milk, add cocoa powder (about 2 tsp) and some sugar to taste

Can be hard to get lump free- I do the standard mixing cocoa to a paste with a little milk first.

Also chocolate sauce which I sometimes make to use up cream (I get through cocoa fast). Heat cream, syrup and cocoa together. It does need a lot of stirring and time to get through the lumps (anyone got any tips for this?), but once done is very chocolatey. My little son says that we are actually 'making chocolate', and when it cools is rather like soft choc fudge on a spoon! Or add a tablespoon of cocoa to butterscotch sauce for a really rich sauce.

wendyl1967

An easy microwave pudding.
ingredients.
3oz sr flour
2 tbls cocoa
pinch of salt
4oz margarine/butter
4oz sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 tbls milk
2tsp baking powder

sauce
4oz light soft brown sugar
2tbls cocoa
9floz boiling water

method
put all ingredients (not sauce!!) in a bowl and beat. Spoon into a 2 1/2 pt deep dish. Make the sauce by mixing together the sugar and cocoa then gradually blend in the water, mixing vigorously to avoid lumps. Pour the mixture over the pudding mixture (Yes it is a lot of water but trust me!) Bake in microwave for approx 5 - 6 mins.

The sauce goes to the bottom of the cake mixture and makes an excellent sponge pudding with a rich chocolately sauce. My family love this with custard.