[Jamestown1630]

Out of ideas this week, I decided to ‘spin the Bing wheel’ and see what came up; and my sweet tooth was captured! Tell me what kind of cocoa you would use in this recipe.

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-JT

[bgill]

Whatever cocoa was in the pantry.

[ThankYouFreeRepublic]

If we think back, I bet many of us made this cake for our sweethearts for Valentine’s Day. Thank-you for the nostalgia. God has been so generous to us Americans; we have abundant chocolate!

[miss marmelstein]

Cooks Illustrated said Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Cocoa was the best so I now use it although I’ve used Droste as well. I use cocoa powder to make brownies - using vegetable oil sometimes, Ina Garten be damned!!!

[SkyDancer]

Just made a big pot of Cajun spiced fifteen bean soup with ham. Guys just went for it big time, gramps sez I should be home more often.

[ptsal]

Just for kicks, I added cocoa powder and used hot coffee instead of water for my tortilla mix. The dough has a dark color and has a hint of coffee. Tasty with a cinnamon sugar topping.

1 1/4 cup of flour (1 cup regular flour & 1/4-cup whole wheat)
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
4 T cooking oil (or 5T of lard or bacon renderings)
1/2 cup HOT WATER **(substitute coffee here and add the cocoa as a dry ingredient before the water)

Use a pastry cutter on the flour, baking powder, salt, and oil to get a small crumb. Then add the HOT water. (I have used 150 -190F water and mixed with a spoon.) When the dough comes together and is cool enough to handle, I worked it until the sides of the bowl was clean. Wrap the dough in plastic and cool it in the fridge for 30 minutes or over-night. Ping pong sized dough ball will roll out to 6-inch tortillas that are just great for street tacos. Cook on a dry black iron skillet (450-500 F surface temperature.)

The next iteration will include testing cayenne, onion powder and/or garlic powder.

Cut the ingredients cited above and have a nice lunch for two and not feel bad if the mix does not work as expected. /humor

Chow and Ciao!

[leaning conservative]

After eating an overly salty spinach salad I am ready for a piece of that gorgeous cake. I’m putting whipped cream on it too ; )

[Liz]

Nice addition to a "make it easy" collection.
Torte with unusual ingredients, chocolate chips and nuts.

Chocolate-Chip Torte / Kahlua Cream

METHOD Beat 3 eggs, 3/4 c sugar light/fluffy 5 min. Stir in 2 c (42) Ritz cracker crumbs, 3/4 c sugar,
tsp vanilla, cup mini choc/chips, cup coarse-chp nuts. Blend well. Bake in lightly greased 9" pie plate
350 deg 30 min. Cool.

SERVE slices topped w/ large dollops Kahlua Cream.

KAHULA CREAM Sprinkle 1/2 tsp gelatin over cup h/cream; steep 2-3 min, then whip slightly
thickened. Add tbl ea conf, Kahlua; beat thick.