Cooking question: I want to make cupcakes. I've got a recipe. I just realized that the icing requires melting some chocolate. I don't have any of the bar-type baking chocolate, but I do have cocoa powder. The side of the container has the little chart saying that mixing the cocoa powder with some oil will substitute for baking chocolate. Will this still work in icing, or will it make it too runny or too grainy or something? (I've already discovered that pretty much every icing recipe I've made from this book has been too runny, so I don't want to risk it being even runnier.)
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Hil R. - Jul 04, 2007 10:18:12 am PDT #6325 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Sue - Jul 04, 2007 10:20:16 am PDT #6326 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Hil, I wouldn't use the oil, I'd just add a little more of the butter, shortening, etc. that's called for in the recipe. And i always use less of the fat that they usually call for when substituting the cocoa for chunk chocolate.
Hil R. - Jul 04, 2007 10:32:05 am PDT #6327 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Thanks, Sue. I'll give that a try. (I promised a friend birthday cupcakes, but I really don't feel like walking the third of a mile of so to the grocery store and back just for a bar of chocolate.)
Hil R. - Jul 04, 2007 11:05:45 am PDT #6328 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK. Cupcakes are in the oven. The batter was yummy. Now, time to make the first of the three icings. (These are a vegan version of the Hostess chocolate cupcakes. One icing/frosting thing for the filling, one for the chocolate on top, and one for the white swirls. A lot of work, but they totally look worth it.)
Jesse - Jul 04, 2007 11:09:34 am PDT #6329 of 10001
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Ooh, that sounds awesome.
Pix - Jul 04, 2007 11:09:54 am PDT #6330 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Moooooom, Hil is making me want cupcakes!
sarameg - Jul 04, 2007 11:26:18 am PDT #6331 of 10001
I think I'm having strawberry shortcake for dinner. And a salad of romaine and strawberries and balsamic vinegar.
That's reasonable, right?
sarameg - Jul 04, 2007 11:30:30 am PDT #6332 of 10001
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Burrell - Jul 04, 2007 12:17:26 pm PDT #6333 of 10001
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I didn't make cupcakes, but I did make banana bread because we had VERY mushy bananas that needed to be dealt with. They were gluten-free too. I'm getting into gluten-free baking these days, I was surprised how easy and yummy it is.
Hil R. - Jul 04, 2007 12:19:09 pm PDT #6334 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The cupcakes are sort of done. Still need to make the squiggles on top. I just tried one, and these are quite possibly the greatest cupcakes ever. (Interestingly: that sort of malty flavor in the filling? Got it by using powdered soy milk.)