Some easy DIY chocolate recipes to try out
December 15th, 2015
Chocolates are yummy and they are all time favourite of everyone. Various kinds and types of chocolates are readily available in different stores. If you want to order online, there are various sites from where you can order variety of chocolates. When you send chocolates by post to your near and dear ones, you look for the best bars available. But what if you try your hand on making chocolates and send home made chocolates to your loved ones? Sounds much better! It is a great idea and a beautiful gesture.
Sweetness of your hand
To make chocolates at home, the main ingredients that are needed are cocoa butter, icing sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder and full fat milk powder. Firstly, one has to blend icing sugar and cocoa powder very well to see that there is no lump left. Then one has to melt the cocoa butter in a heated pan and then add milk powder to it. After it is stirred well, one has to add the icing sugar and cocoa powder to this mixture. When it is mixed well, it will become a glossy texture. After that, one can easily give it tiny shapes and moulds and then enjoy it. This is the easiest milk chocolate recipe, which one can try anytime at home.
Sauce it up
Chocolate sauce is an easy recipe and is needed as a topping in any dessert. It takes a very little time to make chocolate sauce at home. Things you need to make it are sugar, cocoa powder and water. Heat sugar and water in simmer. When the sugar turns light brown, add cocoa powder to it. Whisk it till it forms a paste. Then cool it and your desired chocolate sauce is ready.
Fudge cake
Why only chocolate? One can even bake a chocolate fudge cake at home. For this, you need white flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, egg, sour cream, vanilla extract and corn oil. This is for baking the cake. For the fudge, you need dark chocolate, unsweetened butter and some more vanilla extract. First you need to make a batter of the ingredients needed for the cake. Then you have to bake it half the way. After that you will have to pull the cake out of the oven to pour the fudge cream inside the cake and then keep it inside the oven and leave it till it is fully baked. You can also add whipped cream on the top of the cake with sliced cherries for a proper decoration. Either you serve it hot with molten chocolates or you can have it frozen after keeping it in a refrigerator for a while.
Thus, making chocolate is not a big deal anymore. One can easily do that at home, and if you need to surprise your loved ones, send them some handmade chocolates mixed with love. They will appreciate it to the core. They will love the gift that you have sent and will be more than happy.