I plan on trying it out soon but accidentally bought cocoa butter
instead of cacao butter!!!!! Can I use it instead or does it not do the same thing?
I've been wondering what to do with the
chunks of cacao butter I brought back from my travels — rosemary hot white chocolate, that's what.
It is basically a method to manipulate the fat
structure of cacao butter to make the chocolate more stable, especially at room temperature, so that it does not melt easily.
I can't get a
hold of cacao butter easily, do you think coconut oil would be an appropriate substitute?
The melting
point of cacao butter is 95 °F / 35 °C whereas the melting point of coconut oil is 76 °F / 24 °C.
If there ever comes the time when having too much money is an issue, instead of buying a yacht, I'll get myself a
ton of cacao butter.
i still have a small batch
of cacao butter left in the fridge from making raw chocolate so now I know what to do with it!
But I normally eyeball it by roughly measuring small chunks
shavings of cacao butter in a Tablespoon, then melt it and measure, and slightly adjust from there.
Raw Cacao powder is made by mechanically pressing the liquor to expel
most of the cacao butter from the bean, leaving a solid cake, which is then ground into cacao powder.
Raw Cacao powder is made by mechanically pressing the liquor to expel most
of the cacao butter from the bean, leaving a solid cake, which is then ground into cacao powder.
I would use 1 1/2
Tablespoons of cacao butter instead of the 2 Tablespoons of coconut oil that the recipe calls for, because cacao butter is a bit firmer.
I have used a few different
brands of cacao butter to make chocolate, giddyyoyo's is by far the nicest in flavour, aroma and texture I have used!
If you don't have a scale,
60g of cacao butter is right around 6 tablespoons of melted cacao butter.
I actually just found my
hunk of cacao butter (yes it was lost in my pantry for months now) so perhaps I will give that a shot in a recipe again.
Gently melt the cacao butter in a heatproof bowl set over a small pan of steaming water e.g. bring the water to the boil then turn off the heat and place the
bowl of cacao butter on top.
looks lovely and I have
lots of cacao butter left over after making raw fudge so I can't wait to try this out!
Poor quality chocolate, like chips, which have wax in them to help them keep their shape, or just chocolate with a very low
percentage of cacao butter, won't melt or coat well.
Hi Trina, cacao nibs would not work but you can use cacao powder instead (1 tbsp), plus you can use 1 more
tbsp of cacao butter or coconut oil.
When I discovered that white chocolate is made from a simple
mix of cacao butter, milk, some kind of sweetener and vanilla, and I knew I had to try to incorporate it's silky sweet flavor in a recipe.
But I normally eyeball it by roughly measuring small chunks shavings
of cacao butter in a Tablespoon, then melt it and measure, and slightly adjust from there.
The chocolate top and bottom is rich and deeply chocolatey thanks to the
use of cacao butter, and my favorite way to sweeten it is with maple syrup (honey is also a great option).
Double cacao pudding (also refined sugar - free)-- replace the dark chocolate with two
ounces of cacao butter and increase the cacao powder to 6 tablespoons and the maple syrup to 1/2 cup.
The ingredients are pretty straightforward, so the pudding should really taste chocolatey, like a
combination of cacao butter / powder, almond milk and sweetener.
It's a great addition to certain recipes that use coconut oil with cacao powder, and I once made something adding a
bit of cacao butter that turned the filling of a chocolate pie into an amazing pot de creme!
This is a method to modify the
structure of the cacao butter to harden into a pattern which ensures a glossy sheen to your chocolate as well as the classic snap when breaking the chocolate into two.
I honestly just eyeball it by measuring small chunks of firm cacao butter in a 1/4 cup measuring up (since there are 4 Tablespoons to 1/4 cup) this provides an allowance for air pockets between the
chunks of cacao butter.
You could try melted coconut oil instead
of cacao butter.
Instead
of cacao butter you could try using melted coconut oil instead!