Instead of the refined sugar and
cacao solids used in traditional chocolate, our bars combine raw honey and unrefined coconut oil with carefully sourced cacao powder.
Instead of the refined sugar and
cacao solids used in traditional chocolate, our bars combine raw honey and unrefined coconut oil with carefully sourced cacao powder.
Not exact matches
It's best to
use cacao powder rather than
solid cacao.
Anyway, I have a block of
solid cacao that I need to
use.
Hi Georgie, I've only ever made healthy sweet treats
using cacao powder rather than
cacao solids.
Do you
use cacao powder,
cacao nibs or some sort of
solid cacao?
I
used raw
cacao solids instead of powder as I always prefer the texture — don't forget that raw chocolate has a whole host of health benefits; from improving digestion to enhancing the libido (wit woo — insert your best winky emoji here people).
Start by breaking down your
cacao solids, you ca do this
using a grating attachment with your food processor or just simply place in a ziplock back, push all of the air out, cover with a tea towel and go to town on it with a rolling pin — I mean really give it a
solid beating, don't be shy!
325g dark chocolate (I
use 62 %
cacao solids with no milk products) 200g coconut oil 2g sea salt 240g coconut sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp baking powder (gluten free) 60g rice flour 40g cornflour 1Tbsp espresso coffee (or 1Tbsp instant coffee mixed with 1Tbsp cold water) 200g frozen organic raspberries
Last operation is to grind the
solids left in the press, again — heat... and there is your cocoa powder or
cacao powder... you tell me if you call it «raw», a term not defined by the FDA for cocoa, and that can be
used by anyone just to sell the cocoa to a much higher price.
Open the coconut cream can and scrape the almost -
solid cream from the top and place in a bowl, the whip in the slightly cooled chocolate along with the vanilla extract, maca or lucuma powder (if
using) and
cacao powder.
Last operation is to grind the
solids left in the press, again — heat... and there is your cocoa powder or
cacao powder... you tell me if you call it «raw», a term not defined by the FDA for cocoa, and that can be
used by anyone just to sell the cocoa to a much higher price.