chocolate cheesecake? master bakers help!?
shaynakaderr Asked: chocolate cheesecake? master bakers help!?
i made these mini cheesecakes and they were good but i wanna make CHOCOLATE cheesecake! is there anything i can just add to my current recipe to make them chocolate? i don’t want to change the base just the cheesecake filling. i like the graham cracker crust with chocolate:) so here’s the recipe. let me know what you would do to make this CHOCOLATE!
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Answers:
Kai L Answered:
Simply add cocoa powder until it’s chocolate enough. 😀
Simply add cocoa powder until it’s chocolate enough. 😀
buckeyebonbon Answered:
I would add dutch-process cocoa because if you add melted chocolate, it might make the cheesecake too thin, or if you like, you could just make a chocolate-chip cheesecake…just add a bag of chocolate chips to it after you’ve mixed everything up.Happy baking!
I would add dutch-process cocoa because if you add melted chocolate, it might make the cheesecake too thin, or if you like, you could just make a chocolate-chip cheesecake…just add a bag of chocolate chips to it after you’ve mixed everything up.Happy baking!
Captain Awesome Answered:
So I am a great cook but a terrible baker with the exception of cheesecake. So I don’t generally do chocolate cheesecake, my specialty is white chocolate pumpkin (which is amazing by the way). But the great thing about cheesecake is, it’s more of a custard and less a cake so it’s more forgiving then flour is. My suggestion would be to use a double broiler and met yourself some chocolate and experiment a little. Now there are a few things to keep in mind:
So I am a great cook but a terrible baker with the exception of cheesecake. So I don’t generally do chocolate cheesecake, my specialty is white chocolate pumpkin (which is amazing by the way). But the great thing about cheesecake is, it’s more of a custard and less a cake so it’s more forgiving then flour is. My suggestion would be to use a double broiler and met yourself some chocolate and experiment a little. Now there are a few things to keep in mind:
1.) Make sure you fold the chocolate into the batter so it’s not too heavy.
2.) NEVER add hot chocolate into the mix. You are working with raw eggs. Unless you want them scrambled, wait til it is cool but still liquid.
3.) Less is more. Make a batch with less chocolate, add more to subsequent batches until it is right.
4.) Generally with cheesecake as long as the consistency of the mix is similar to the consistency that you would see if there was NO chocolate in the mix, then it will probably turn out halfway decent.
5.) You MAY want to experiment with making the mix a little more runny than normal, especially since when the chocolate gets cold it may harden.
Just experiment with small batches.
ceece Answered:
Hershey’s makes a baking chocolate that is perfect for chocolate cheesecake . It is located in the baking ingredients aisle.It is already melted chocolate inside a foil packet. There are 6-8 to a box, pre-measured 1 oz each. Simply squeeze one packet into your recipe and mix thoroughly. If it needs more chocolate add another. Bake as your recipe states.= )
Hershey’s makes a baking chocolate that is perfect for chocolate cheesecake . It is located in the baking ingredients aisle.It is already melted chocolate inside a foil packet. There are 6-8 to a box, pre-measured 1 oz each. Simply squeeze one packet into your recipe and mix thoroughly. If it needs more chocolate add another. Bake as your recipe states.= )
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Chocolate Festivals Throughout the UK
Considering that the UK is the world’s third biggest consumer of chocolate, it’s no surprise that we have come to celebrate all varieties of this sweet treat in virtually all possible ways. Easter eggs, chocolate boxes, hearts, fountains…all fine delicious indulgences, but why not go the whole hog?
Chocolate Festivals and Events are now sweeping the nation throughout the year whilst sponsored ‘chocolate weeks’ crop up throughout the annual calendar just as frequently. The most recognised ‘chocolate week’ in the UK usually takes place in October each year (10th – 16th for 2011), during which an incredible amount of events take place culminating in ‘Chocolate Unwrapped’, a dedicated show with all of the UK’s top chocolate companies under the same roof.
Chocolate Unwrapped is the absolute highlight of Chocolate Week where visitors can entirely immerse themselves in an overwhelmingly decadent chocolate feast. The show gives guests the opportunity to taste virtually all kinds of chocolate, combined with stunning exhibitions of chocolate art and sculptures before talks are given by the world’s top chocolatiers, experts and authors. You can even try Sanguinaccio chocolate blood pudding and sample chocolate as it would have originally tasted one hundered years ago. And of course no visit to this prestigious event would be complete without signing the chocolate wall!
The renowned ‘La Maison Du Chocolat’ also plays its part in chocolate week. Gilles Marchal, the Master Patry Chef-Chocolatier and Creative Director of La Maison has previously opened the doors to chocolate aficionados in order to excite many taste buds and allow the public to delve fully into the world of fine chocolate.
More recently, the Southbank Centre’s Chocolate Festival has just taken place, for its 6th gastronomic celebration of all things chocolate. This wonderful event enables guests to sample chocolate from William Curley, Bill McCarrick, Damian Allsop and Paul Wayne Gregory. Guests are taught about raw chocolate’s huge range of health benefits before attending tutored tasting sessions during which they can sample a vast selection of sweet and savoury chocolate dishes and cocktails – not forgetting venison and pumpkin enchiladas with chocolate and chilli sauce! The many chocolate experts who attended gave excellent sweet talks and presented the many magnificent recipes and sculptures they had created.
These festivals also incorporate the much-loved Chocolate Fondues or Fountains that can usually be found at weddings and birthday parties. These delicious party-pieces have really taken off during the past few years and are in increasing demand from the public; nothing quite compares to dipping a delicious strawberry or marshmallow into warm, melted chocolate…
Whether it involves drinking it, eating it, or shaping it, the UK’s chocolate events prove year on year that there is simply no suppressing the UK’s appetite for chocolate!
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How to Make Chocolate
This simple yet fun homemade chocolate video will surely give you a learning experience you will never forget. By having this video you have an easy recipe when making chocolate at home.
Everything you need regarding doing this recipe correctly will be shown to you by our expert. Steps will be demonstrated so you can enjoy and share this to your love ones.
Also, you will be educated regarding the process itself by giving you tips that can help you with your future recipes. The ingredients will be posted below for your advantage.
So enjoy and watch this detailed video on how to make chocolate!
Ingredients 250 Grams ( 8.8 ounces ) of Vegetable shortening, 250 Grams ( 8.8 ounces ) of Pure icing sugar, 12 Tablespoons of Cocoa, 12 Tablespoons of Milk powder, Pinch of salt
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Weird uses for Chocolate
Despite being a useful and delicious treat, chocolate is rich in its usage elsewhere in modern society. Since the very first cocoa beans were discovered, chocolate became a hit amongst those who quickly came to consider themselves as ‘chocoholics’, but this appreciation for chocolate has now spread into fields far wider than just desserts and treats – human creativity has been unleashed yet again!
Chocolate Spas – yes, completely real and 100% serious. Hershey, America’s largest chocolate organisation has created an exotic and sublime spa at the Hotel Hershey where you can while away your woes and thoroughly enjoy the sweet stuff, without taking in the calories! The spa is located in Pennsylvania and in addition to its beautiful views, the spa provides extraordinary and indulgent spa treatments such as the Whipped Cocoa Bath, Cocoa Butter Scrub and a chocolate fondue wrap.
Another slightly unusual use for chocolate is as part of Suedy’s Koo-Ki sushi. This cookie-based sushi comes with chocolate and toppings all specifically created by Karen Sasaki. Every single piece of Suedy’s Koo-Ki Sushi is made by hand using good quality ingredients like chocolate, crispy rice cookies and sweets – instead of the usual seaweed and raw fish!
Remarkably, it has now been proven that fuel can actually be created from chocolate. Microbiologist Lynne Mackaskie at the University of Birmingham has found a way to produce hydrogen from waste products left over in chocolate factories. The left over bacteria from diluted caramel, nougat and other creations can be fermented causing the release of organic acids and resulting in enough hydrogen to power a small fan!
The appreciation people have for chocolate is all the more obvious with this next example. Over the past few years, Fortress Aquamarine at the Fortress in Galle, Sri Lanka has topped the world’s most expensive dessert list with a treat costing $14,500. However, this has recently been succeeded by Frozen Haute Chocolate, an extremely elegant dessert served only in the Serendipity-3 Restaurant in New York. A mixture of 28 of the very finest cocoas, five grams of 24-carat gold, whipped cream and topped with yes, more gold, this incredible sundae costs a whopping $25,000 and must be ordered two weeks in advance. This wonderful, though ridiculously pricey treat, is not topped with the traditional cherry and instead is finished with a $2,600 La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier.
Other bizarre but wonderful creations include the popular chocolate calculators, the chocolate car and a chocolate Jesus exhibit. It appears that the world’s appetite for this rich, delicious treat has gotten slightly out of control!
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How do you make chocolate truffles?
believe93 Asked: How do you make chocolate truffles?
I really want to make truffles. If you have a good recipe I would really appreciate it.<3
Answers:
How about this one for Irish Cream Truffles.
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what can i use instead of alcohol?
Mariah Asked: what can i use instead of alcohol?
I’m making chocolate truffles for a sale we are having at school but many of the people don’t drink alcohol (some for religious reasons) so i need to find a substitute for it in the following recipe. thanks for all the answers! ;D
btw, i don’t usually cook and this is my first time making these truffles so please don’t add anything that only experienced adults would understand ;]
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/amazing-diy-chocolate-truffles
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Brooke Answered:
well definitely don’t do alcohol
well definitely don’t do alcohol
Britney Answered:
If you are referring to the splash of brandy then you could always use a extract, like vanilla extract but they make rum extract, for the flavor only, no alcohol. If you don’t want the flavor either then take that part out completely. Cooking is about experimenting and making it your own, so when someone asks where you got the recipe, you can say it was your own!
If you are referring to the splash of brandy then you could always use a extract, like vanilla extract but they make rum extract, for the flavor only, no alcohol. If you don’t want the flavor either then take that part out completely. Cooking is about experimenting and making it your own, so when someone asks where you got the recipe, you can say it was your own!
Satyata Answered:
u can use chocolate essence then..
Faith Answered:
Dear questioner,
Are you Amanda ??
any way,
Please go to:
www.dinacantina.com
ask Dina she’ll help you.
I like her recipes.
Dear questioner,
Are you Amanda ??
any way,
Please go to:
www.dinacantina.com
ask Dina she’ll help you.
I like her recipes.
Good luck 🙂
Five Times Answered:
The amount of brandy used is minuscule, so will have NO affect on anyone.
The amount of brandy used is minuscule, so will have NO affect on anyone.
Anonymous Answered:
The brandy is there for flavor. The small amount won’t affect anything other than taste. But you can just remove it completely and it won’t hurt the recipe, it just won’t have that flavor in it.
The brandy is there for flavor. The small amount won’t affect anything other than taste. But you can just remove it completely and it won’t hurt the recipe, it just won’t have that flavor in it.
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Men love chocolate too
There are many enduring stereotypes about the differences between men and women, but in the 21st century, many people accept that there are more similarities than differences between the sexes. This extends to shared tastes in confectionery – especially chocolate, which is one of the great gender equalizers.
Chocolate may have been more closely associated with women in the past, but with more and more women leaving chocolate out of their diets, men’s appetites for it are quickly catching up. That’s not to ignore the history of chocolate production in the Western world either, which has been dominated by male figures – from Christopher Columbus and Cortez, who first brought the chocolate bean to Europe, to figures such as Coenraad Van Houten, Henre Nestle and Milton Hershey who were instrumental in producing the confectionery as we know it today.
Many men enjoy the occasional chocolate bar as a treat, and giving chocolate hampers or other chocolate-based treats can be a welcome and appropriate gift for many occasions throughout the year, not only those that are generally associated with it, such as Easter and Christmas.
Due to its versatile nature, chocolate is a suitable gift for all occasions – from birthdays and other annual festivities to special occasions such as promotions and graduation. If you’re buying chocolate for a particular individual, knowing a little about their tastes could help you ensure your gift is suitable – for instance, do they have a sweet tooth, or do they prefer dark chocolate? Do they have allergies to nuts or other ingredients? Knowing the answers to these questions could point you in the direction of the perfect chocolate gifts, but there are many great all-purpose chocolate selections that could do the trick just as well.
If your father loves chocolate, you could consider giving chocolate Fathers Day gifts this year, or supplementing their main present with chocolate extras. If you’re putting together a gift hamper of various treats, including some high quality chocolate can add value to the selection.
Chocolate can be highly enjoyable when consumed in moderation, making it the perfect addition to any celebration. Whatever your gender, age or background, chocolate has near universal appeal, and with such a wide range of products available today, it’s easy to find chocolate suited to everyone’s tastes. Chocolate is available for all budgets too, and generally speaking you’ll get what you pay for – with many luxury brands being well worth the expense, in the opinion of chocolate connoisseurs.
The author of this article writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.
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