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Should i be nervous because i am going to a chocolate tasting party?

Question by George O: Should i be nervous because i am going to a chocolate tasting party?
i have a chocolate tasting party to go to today and i am really nervous. Should i be?

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Answer by Don
Lol what, There is nothing to be nervous about since that is basically what you guys will do, to taste chocolates! unless the hosts is planned a surprise something.

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Posted by Chocoluv - August 15, 2011 at 9:31 am

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How to bake Chocolate cake without using eggs?

Naf Asked: How to bake Chocolate cake without using eggs?

I’m vegetarian & I don’t consume non-veg food except dairy products…So plz could anyone tell me how to make Chocolate cake without using eggs…

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Polish Princess Answered:

Eggless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
For the cake:
all-purpose flour 3 cups
Castor sugar 2 cups
cocoa powder cup
baking powder 2 tsp
salt 1 tsp
vegetable oil cup
vanilla essence 1 tsp
vinegar 2 tsp
Cold water – 2 cups
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For the topping:
Thick cream – 2 cups
Semi-sweet cooking chocolate (chopped) – 2 cup
How to make it

In a large mixing bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients.
Now to this mixture of dry ingredients add the oil and mix thoroughly.
Add the essence and vinegar. Mix well
Add cold water gradually stirring continuously.
Now pour the mix into a greased 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
Bake at 180C for 35-40 minutes or until done.
While the cake cools completely you can prepare the topping for the cake.
For the topping, in a saucepan, heat the cream on medium heat. Do not allow it to boil.
Now add the chocolate pieces and mix thoroughly till you get a uniform mixture of cream and chocolate. Pull off the stove.
Once the cake has cooled completely cover it completely with the topping.
Save a quarter of the topping mixture and put it in a piping cone. With the help of the piping cone, decorate the cake with the design of your choice such as flowers or any random design

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Eggless Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon plus 1/2 cup baking cocoa, divided
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups cold brewed coffee
1/3 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon shortening

Directions

Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and dust with 1 tablespoon cocoa; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and remaining cocoa. In another bowl, combine the coffee, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. In a microwave or heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Yield: 14 servings

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Miz T Answered:

One-Pan Cake (no egg, no milk)
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 Tbsp distilled white or cider vinegar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups lukewarm water

Heat oven to 350F.Have ready a 13 x 9-in baking pan.Place flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in an ungreased pan.Stir with a wooden spoon until blended, shaking pan occasionally to settle ingredients (flour should be blended completely, but some lumps of cocoa may remain).

With wooden spoon, make 3 wells in mixture.Pour oil into one well, vinegar into another, and vanilla into the third.Pour water over all.Stir until blended, scraping sides, corners, and bottom of pan (some lumps will remain).

Use rubber spatula, then paper towel to wipe excess batter off sides of pan.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

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Posted by Chocoluv - August 11, 2011 at 8:40 am

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Chocolate Chip Pancake Help?!?!?

Brandon Asked: Chocolate Chip Pancake Help?!?!?

Tomorrow is the day of my brother’s final and I was going to get up early and surprise him by making him breakfast. I am just going to make chocolate chip pancakes from the box but if I wanted to just make chocolate chocolate chip pancakes how would I go about doing this? I don’t have any cocoa powder so could I maybe add chocolate syrup and mix it directly into the batter? I need it within 11 hours so thanks!

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Sandy K Answered:
You add chocolate chips, I don’t think chocolate syrup will add taste to the pancakes.

RoyS Answered:
You can add a bit of chocolate syrup to the mix, and add chocolate chips. If the batter seems too runny, add more flour/pancake mix.

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Posted by Chocoluv - August 10, 2011 at 5:58 pm

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Chocolate Fads, Folklore, & Fantasies: 1,000+ Chunks of Chocolate Information

Chocolate Fads, Folklore, & Fantasies: 1,000+ Chunks of Chocolate Information

Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies is the low-cal answer to satisfying chocolate cravings. Documenting the chocolate phenomenon by means of 1,000+ chocolate chunks of information, this tempting book discusses:

  • Chocolate Fads: chocolate books, chocolate goodies (cakes, candy, cookies, ice cream), chocolate clubs, chocolate festivals, chocolate fund-raising, chocolate marketing, chocolate media, and chocolate novelties
  • Chocolate Folklore: chocolate companies, chocolate history, chocolate nutrition, chocolate moguls, chocolate quotes, chocolate tips, chocolate trivia, and chocolate types
  • Chocolate Fantasies: chocoholism, chocolate feasts, chocolate love, chocolate parties, chocolate promotions, and chocolate psychology. At the end of the book is a 200-item Chocoquiz, in the style of Trivial Pursuit, so that readers can use the book as a reference source to know everything there is to know about chocolate.Reference sections include acknowledgments to chocolate manufacturers, chocolate-related companies, a listing of chocolate publications (media articles, children’s books, chocolate guides, cookbooks, chocolate humor, and chocolate specialities), and an impressive list of addresses and telephone numbers for more than 100 chocolate and chocolate-related companies. All chocoholics, out of the closet or not, will want to read this book. Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies promises to be the last word in chocolate, no fudging!

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Posted by Primal Chocolate Therapist - August 10, 2011 at 2:00 pm

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Where can you buy cocoa butter for cooking in Ireland?

Sandra Green Asked: Where can you buy cocoa butter for cooking in Ireland?

I am trying to make raw chocolate. I bought cocoa butter from Natashas living food and combined it with cocoa powder and agave nectar to make chocolate and it was so nice. id like to make more but the cocoa butter from Natasha is 5 per 100g, id like to get it cheaper and in bigger quantities. Its on sale on ebay for about 20-30e per kg for food grade cocoa butter but either they dont post to Ireland or if they do only a small amount is available. Id love to find a supplier in Ireland. Thanks!

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Posted by Chocoluv - August 9, 2011 at 9:15 am

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Simple winter wedding help?

Future Mrs Winfrey3 Asked: Simple winter wedding help?

My fiance and I are planing out wedding for Dec 21st and I need a little help finding a few things. I need hot chocolate mugs for about 50 people that are not crazy expensive because I plan on having a little hot chocolate kit for every person (hot chocolate mix, a candy cane, and a little pack of marshmallows). The mugs don’t have to match because there will be people of all ages 🙂

I’m also looking for inexpensive decorating ideas. I’ve got snowflakes, Christmas lights, and my aunty is helping me with my cake.

Any little things you can think of, tips and advice, feel free to talk about them! I’d like to hear what you’ve done for your weddings or what you plan on for future weddings. 🙂 Thanks a bunch.

Answers:

Sarah Answered:
Aw…I love the winter wedding idea!I think the mugs with hot chocolate makings is really cute!For the mugs I’d do a google search and see if you can buy them in bulk really cheaply.Check eBay too…they have everything there.The next place is to go to mass retailers…like Target, Meijer, WalMart, KMart, Sam’s Club.They probably have cheap, plain mugs.You could buy all they have.Maybe go to different locations to get all 50 that you need.

For decorating ideas, I like the white Christmas lights.You could hang lots of those all over.I think the more the better with those.If you just have a few strands, they look boring and typical.But using a lot would look more elegant and provide more lighting too.

You could look for little snowflake confetti to sprinkle on the tables.I wouldn’t go too overboard with snowflakes…like, don’t hang giant snowflakes from the ceiling.I think that would look more tacky than classy.My advice is to use lots of white lights for the primary decoration.And little touches of snowflakes here and there.Perhaps your aunt could make fondent snowflakes to put on the sides of your cake or something. ?

Maybe have the name cards at the tables (if you’re doing that) in the shape of snowflakes…or just have snowflake stickers on them.

You could have snowflakes on your invitations – either in the shape of a snowflake, or images of snowflakes on them.

What colors are you going with?B/c when I think “winter wedding” I think either light blue and white, or deep purple. Just my opinion.

Bella Bruce Answered:
make the colors light baby blue and white!!

MeanMrMustard Answered:
I love winter weddings. What I was going to do for mine was have a little tree without any leaves on it and have little cards with ribbons on them so people can write a wish and hang it on the wishing tree. Your center prices could be a glass with fake snow and snowflakes in it with branches coming out of it.

lady Answered:
I believe Ikea has plain white mugs for 50 cents each……Closer in the fall when the Christmas stuff is out, you can probably find Christmas ones at the dollar store, you may find plain ones there now. Check the dollar stores (Dollar Tree, 99 cent Store, etc) for inexpensive things for decorations and centerpieces for your tables. You will also be able to find boxes of hot chocolate packets at the dollar store.

Jenny Lynne Answered:
Go to thrift stores, coffee mugs galore.Branches, you can buy from site below or make your own, find in woods, clean, let dry, spray paint white from dollar store. When dry, use spray on craft glue and buy crystals from $ store or site below and pour over while glue is wet.Also, clear marbles from dollar store, break up pieces and use. Mirror tiles, break carefully and have hanging high so no one will get cut or buy round or rectangle have seen at Freds. If someone has a forest, get pine seedlings or cedar, plant in buckets cover bottoms with cotton batting and/ or white sheets and oodles of tulle, use twinkle lights and artificial plastic snow, be careful of the glittery kind it sticks to floor. Use small clumps of cotton to look like little mounds of snow on some of the branches. On snow flakes spray white and some white with a tinge of silver on ends. Also, use the pearl looking craft beads and glue to make a tiny flower in the center, or some on the tips of each, hang at different heights and have different sizes. Instead of draping twinkle lights hang some from end to end for a different look. White cloth and tulle for the ceiling.Have a twig tree at every or every three pews so that it will look like you are walking down an ice covered aisle. Or use pine or cedar swag and drape along inside of pews with white bows at each or every third pew or line of seats and have guests enter from outside. Spray with glue and add sparkle, icy crystals. Think of ice blues, silver and whites. Also, go to Dollar Tree for many inexpensive, good ideas. Site ishttp://www.save-on-crafts.com

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Posted by Chocoluv - August 8, 2011 at 1:56 pm

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How do you make a chocolate milkshake with no ice cream?

Brisha Asked: How do you make a chocolate milkshake?

How do you make a chocolate milkshake?
I am in the mood for a chocolate milkshake, but we have no ice cream!
How do I make one without ice cream?

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pennybarr Answered:
Milk, chocolate syrup and ice liquefied in a blender. Won’t taste quite the same without the ice cream.

Diva Answered:

Ingredients

2 cups milk
1/8 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 cup non-dairy powdered coffee creamer
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
12 full size ice cubes

Directions

Place all ingredients in blender and blend on high until smooth.  Add more or less cocoa powder to your taste preference.  You can also substitute 1/4-1/2 cup of powdered chocolate milk mix such as Nestles Quick, or Ovaltine.  In this case you might want to reduce the sugar you add.

Ashwin Suseendran Answered:
Hmmm… no ice cream huh? maybe u could try milk and then add some kind of cream like whipped cream. i guess u know the chocolate part… if u don’t then I guess add chocolate syrup. if u don’t have any, then melt some chocolate then put it in the fridge for a bit. If u have no chocolate than use a yoohoo chocolate drink, if u don’t have any, then i guess u know ur plans for this weekend at the supermarket. =) hope my answer helped a lot.

califgirlinva Answered:
You can make chocolate milk………..but without ice cream it can’t be a milk shake…

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