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Jan

Ingredients Insight

Tips For Baking with Chocolate

Since there are now more types of chocolate than ever, here are a few things to keep in mind when you're baking with chocolate: 1. Know the percentages of cocoa matter. These days, many chocolate labels include the percentage of cocoa matter (cacao) in a bar. The cocoa matter includes the flavorful cocoa powder, as well as the fatty, nearly flavourless cocoa butter. For semisweet, that means 45 to 55 percent cacao, for bittersweet between 56 - 70 percent cacao and for dark more than 70 percent. 2. Choose Chocolate brands wisely. Chocolate brands often tout words and phrases such…

Jan

By Editorial Team

Ingredients InsightChocolate

Benefit of Chocolate

Chocolate is made from the beans of Cocoa. From the cocoa bean pods the beans are separated after fermentation. Then the kernel of the seeds is broken in small bits which are called as nibs. These nibs are ground finely to obtain what is called cocoa liquor. This liquor when crystallized produces the dark chocolate which is the mother of virtually all other chocolates that are prepared. Sometimes by grinding the nibs fat from the resulting mass is separated which is called as cocoa butter. This along with sugar is used to make sweet chocolate. It’s also been said that…