Chocolate cakes with cocoa are prepared without adding chocolate bars: Dark color and chocolate flavor can be achieved simply by adding cocoa powder to the dough, cream, fondant or glaze. This pastry has less calories, is less labor-intensive, and more economical, but despite this, it is very tasty. If you like coffee aroma, then cocoa can be mixed half and half with instant coffee.

Quick baking: cocoa cakes

Chocolate cakes

Ingredients:

500 g flour, 250 g butter, 200 g sugar, 1 tbsp. spoon of cocoa powder, cinnamon.

Preparation:

To make these simple cocoa brownies, place the softened butter and sugar in a bowl and stir vigorously by hand until the mixture is frothy and whitish. Without ceasing to knead, gradually add sifted flour and cocoa. Divide the finished dough into egg-sized portions, roll into balls, sprinkle with cinnamon and place on a baking sheet. These baked goods with cocoa are quickly prepared in the oven for 10 minutes.

Chocolate brownies with apple jam

Ingredients:

• For the test: 200 g flour, 1 can of condensed milk, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of margarine.
• For filling: 200 g apple jam, 100 g peeled walnuts.

Cooking method:

Dry the nuts in the oven and chop them. Beat the eggs with a mixer, add condensed milk and sifted flour mixed with cocoa and soda. Knead the dough, place it on a baking sheet greased with margarine, and smooth it out. Bake in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. Place the hot cake on a towel, brush with apple jam, sprinkle with nuts, and roll up. Cut cocoa cakes into portions.

Cocoa Baking Recipes: Chocolate Brownies

Chocolate cakes "Sponge rolls"

Ingredients:

For the test: 2 eggs, 1 white, 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar, 2 tbsp. spoons of flour. For the filling: 50 g cocoa, 50 g powdered sugar, 100 g butter, 80 g peeled hazelnuts, 2 tbsp. spoons of rum, 2 tbsp. spoons of powdered sugar for sprinkling.

Preparation:

To prepare cocoa cakes according to this recipe, grind the yolks with sugar; beat the whites into a stiff foam. Pour flour onto the mashed yolks, add beaten whites, mix carefully. Place the dough on a greased and floured sheet in a very thin layer - 0.5 cm. Place in a hot oven and bake quickly until the dough is browned on top.

Place the finished biscuit on a towel and, while hot, use a towel to roll it into a roll. Squeeze tightly with a towel and cool.

Unroll the cooled roll, brush with filling, wrap again and roll in powdered sugar. Let it harden and cut it diagonally into thin slices with a sharp knife.

To prepare the cocoa filling for this pastry, you need to mix the powder with powdered sugar, grind with butter, add toasted and chopped hazelnuts, rum and whipped egg white. Grind well.

Nut cakes with jam, glazed with cocoa fondant

Compound: 250 g flour, 250 g butter or margarine, 250 g powdered sugar, 250 g mashed nuts, 2 egg yolks, currant jam. Lipstick: 100 g powdered sugar, 100 g margarine, 20 g cocoa powder, 1 tbsp. spoon of milk.

Preparation:

To make a cake with cocoa powder fudge, you need to stir butter or margarine into the flour with a knife, add sugar, nuts, egg yolks and knead the dough. Roll it out on a floured board, cut the dough into round circles, place them on a baking sheet and bake in the oven. Spread the finished and cooled products with jam and place the spread sides together. Glaze the top of the cakes with fondant. Cocoa lipstick: Place sugar, margarine, cocoa powder, milk in a saucepan and cook over steam, stirring constantly, until thickened.

Cakes with nut filling, glazed with cocoa fondant

Compound: 300 g flour, a pinch of salt, 100 g powdered sugar, 30 g vanilla sugar, 200 g butter or margarine, 1 egg. Filling: 60 g powdered sugar, 30 g vanilla sugar, 2 tbsp. spoons of water, 100 g of crushed nuts, 2 tbsp. spoons of rum, jam. Lipstick: 100 g powdered sugar, 100 ml water, 20 g cocoa powder, 60 g butter.

Preparation:

To prepare these chocolate cakes with cocoa, sift the flour, mix with salt, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar, add butter or margarine, egg and knead the dough. Roll it out on a floured board, cut the dough into circles, place them on a baking sheet and bake in the oven. Spread the finished and cooled products with the filling and connect them with the spread sides. Top the cakes with fondant and decorate with nuts. Filling: Pour powdered sugar and vanilla sugar into water, put on fire and bring to a boil, then add nuts and stir. Add rum to the cooled mixture. Lipstick: add sugar to water and cook until a thick syrup forms. For delicious baked goods, grind cocoa powder with butter and mix into hot syrup.

Chocolate cream cakes

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Ingredients:

• For the cakes: 1 kg of butter dough.
• For cream: 300 ml heavy cream, 2 egg whites, 100 g caster sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon margarine.

Cooking method:

Place the dough on a floured board and shape into round shapes. Place them on a baking sheet greased with margarine, let them rest for 30 minutes, then bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.

To prepare the cream, beat the cream with 50 g of powdered sugar, add cocoa, mix thoroughly. Combine with the whites, previously whipped into a strong foam with the remaining powdered sugar, and mix.

Cocoa cakes prepared according to this simple recipe need to be cooled, the tops cut off, part of the crumb removed and filled with cream. Cover with cut tops.

Three-layer cakes with whipped cream

Ingredients:

• For the test: 200 g butter, 200 g sugar, 5 eggs, 200 g flour, 70 g seedless raisins, 70 g peeled walnuts, 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon margarine, baking soda on the tip of a knife .
• For decoration: 200 g whipped cream, 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.

Cooking method:

Wash the raisins and dry. Chop the nuts. Grind the softened butter with sugar, add eggs, sifted flour, zest and soda. Knead a homogeneous dough, divide it into 3 parts. Add cocoa to one part, nuts to the second, raisins to the third. Pour the dough with raisins into a mold greased with margarine, then the chocolate dough and the dough with nuts. Bake in a preheated oven until ready, cool, cut into portions. These fancy three-layer cocoa brownies can be topped with whipped cream and a dusting of powdered sugar.

Look at the photos of baking recipes with cocoa - these cakes look very appetizing:

Chocolate brownies with cocoa frosting

Chocolate brownies with walnuts

Ingredients:

• For the meringue: 500 g sugar, 4 egg whites, 2 teaspoons butter.
• Cocoa glaze for chocolate brownies: 150 g butter, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, 100 g chopped walnut kernels.

Cooking method:

Beat the whites with sugar using a mixer. Place the protein mixture in small scones on a greased and floured baking sheet. Bake in a moderately preheated oven until done, cool.

To prepare the glaze, melt the butter, bring to a boil, add cocoa, walnuts and cool. Coat the meringue with glaze.

Cakes with chocolate icing and custard

Ingredients:

• For the test: 100 g butter, 1 glass of water, 1 glass of flour, 4 eggs.
• For the custard: 0.75 cups milk, 0.5 tbsp. spoons of potato starch, 0.5 tbsp. spoons of flour, 1 yolk, 0.5 cups of sugar, 100 g of butter, 1 packet of vanilla sugar.
• For the glaze: 100 g sugar, 1 glass (thin) water, 1 tbsp. spoon of cocoa, 1 tbsp. spoon of butter.

Preparation:

Boil water with oil, add a pinch of salt and pour all the flour into the boiling water at once. Stir quickly over the heat, reducing the flame. While stirring, keep the dough on the stove for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat, cool slightly and rub eggs into it (one at a time) (each egg must be rubbed until no trace remains of it).

From a pastry bag, through a smooth tube, release small sausages the thickness of your little finger and 5–6 cm long onto a greased sheet. Bake in a hot oven. When the eclairs have risen well (2-3 times) and browned, reduce the heat to high and finish baking on medium.

Cool the finished cakes and, cutting them on the side, fill them with custard. Pour glaze on top so that the cut is not visible.

Prepare the cream. Mix potato and wheat flour well, dilute with half a portion of cold milk. Boil the rest of the milk and pour the prepared mixture into it, stirring continuously. Boil and, after removing from heat, cool at room temperature. Lightly grind the butter, sugar, and yolk and, gradually adding a teaspoon at a time, rub in the cooled flour mixture. Add vanilla sugar.

Prepare chocolate glaze. Pour sugar with water and boil, grind butter with cocoa. Pour warm syrup into the oil mixture in a thin stream, stirring the mixture. Immediately coat the cream-filled eclairs with the prepared glaze.

Chocolate ball cakes with cherries

Compound: 1 cup flour, 6 yolks, 8 egg whites, 7 teaspoons sugar. Cream: ½ cup cognac, 200 g butter, 1 cup sugar, 3 eggs, 1 tbsp. spoon of cocoa, 1 bag of vanillin, 1 glass of cherries.

Glaze: 100 g butter, ½ cup powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. spoons of cocoa, 2 tbsp. spoons of milk, 2 tbsp. spoons of potato flour, vanillin; ½ cup sugar for cherries.

Preparation:

To prepare chocolate cakes with cocoa according to this recipe, you need to beat the whites into a stiff foam, add 4 teaspoons of sugar, mix and add the yolks, the rest of the sugar and flour. Using a pastry bag, place ball-shaped cakes on a greased sheet. Bake in the oven. Then cool, cut in half, remove all the crumb with a knife. Lightly grease the cavities with cream, then fill with crumb mixed with ⅔ of the total amount of cream and 1 tbsp. spoon of cognac. Place a few cherries taken from the cognac in the middle of the biscuit mass, and spread the remaining cream on top. Form 2 halves into balls and place in the refrigerator for several hours. Then coat the top with chocolate glaze and let it dry. Glaze: heat the butter and mix with powdered sugar and vanilla, add cocoa diluted with milk. Boil, add flour and stir well. Remove the mixture from the heat.

Cream: Grind the butter with sugar, gradually adding eggs, vanillin, cocoa and 2 tbsp. spoons of cognac. Peel fresh, canned or taken out cherries (one day before cooking), add ½ cup of sugar and pour cognac (a spoonful of cognac).

Recipes for cakes with condensed milk and cocoa

Chocolate brownies with condensed milk and nuts

Ingredients:

• For the test: 5 eggs, 200 g flour, 200 g sugar, 1 bag of vanilla sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of margarine.
• For filling and decoration: 1 can of condensed milk, 150 g of peeled walnuts, 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.

Cooking method:

Dry the nuts in the oven and chop them. Beat eggs with sugar, add soda slaked with vinegar and sifted flour mixed with cocoa and vanilla sugar. Knead a homogeneous dough, place it on a baking sheet greased with margarine, bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C until ready.

Place the hot cake on a towel, brush with condensed milk, sprinkle with nuts and roll up. Cut the finished roll into portions. Sprinkle each cake with cocoa and condensed milk with powdered sugar.

Sponge cakes with chocolate cream

Ingredients:

• For the test: 5 eggs, 200 g flour, 200 g sugar, 1 bag of vanilla sugar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon margarine.
• For cream and decoration: 150 g butter, 100 g condensed milk, 4 tablespoons cocoa powder, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar.

Cooking method:

Beat eggs with sugar, add soda slaked with vinegar, sifted flour and vanilla sugar, knead into a homogeneous dough. Place it on a baking sheet greased with margarine and bake in an oven preheated to 180°C until done. To prepare the cream, mix softened butter with condensed milk and cocoa (3 tablespoons), beat.

Place the hot cake on a towel, roll it up and cool. Then carefully straighten it, grease it with cream and roll it up again. Cut the baked goods with cocoa prepared according to this recipe into portions. Sprinkle each cake with powdered sugar mixed with the remaining cocoa.

Chocolate Fudge Brownies

Ingredients:

• For the test: 400 g flour, 300 g sugar, 300 g condensed milk, 300 g sour cream, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon butter.
• For cream: 200 g butter, 250 g condensed milk, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder.
• For sweet pastries with cocoa cream, you need to make fondant from: 150 g sugar, 150 g condensed milk, 100 g butter, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder.
• For decorating baked goods with cocoa powder you will need coconut flakes or grated chocolate.

Cooking method:

Mix flour with sugar, add condensed milk, eggs, cocoa and mix until smooth. Divide the dough into 3-5 equal parts, bake the cakes on a greased baking sheet until ready.

To prepare the cream, grind softened butter with cocoa, add condensed milk and beat.

To prepare the fudge, pour sugar into a saucepan and heat, stirring, until caramel forms. Then cool, add condensed milk, cocoa, butter and mix thoroughly.

Cool the finished cakes, brush with cream, place on top of each other and cut into rectangular pieces. Coat the baked goods prepared according to this recipe with cocoa powder on all sides with fondant, sprinkle with coconut flakes or grated chocolate.

Delicious pastries: cakes with milk and cocoa cream

Compound: 370 g flour, 70 g powdered sugar, 220 g butter or margarine, 100 g mashed nuts, 3 egg yolks, jam, whipped cream for decoration.

Cream: 300 ml milk, 30 g flour (preferably premium), 2 egg yolks, 120 g caster sugar, 20 g cocoa powder, 50 g butter, 2 egg whites, 20 g granulated sugar.

Preparation:

Mix flour with sugar, stir with butter or margarine with a knife, add nuts, egg yolks and knead the dough, which is left to rise in a cold place. Then put it in basket-shaped molds; Make a depression in the middle, place on a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven. Place the finished, still warm products out of the molds, fill the cavities with jam and cream. Top the baked goods with milk and cocoa cream with whipped cream or thick protein foam.

Cream: Stir flour, egg yolks, sugar, cocoa powder into milk and cook until thickened. Cool, stirring constantly. Mix butter into cooled cream. Beat the egg whites with sugar until thick and add, stirring constantly, to the cream.

Nut cakes with chocolate cream

Compound:¼ cup potato flour, 8 eggs, 1 cup shelled walnuts, 1 ¼ cups sugar, ½ tbsp. spoons of lemon juice or 6% vinegar.

Chocolate cream: 400 g butter, 2 tbsp. spoons of rum, 2 ½ tbsp. spoons of cocoa, 2 cups of sugar, 5 tbsp. spoons of milk, 4 eggs, 1 packet of vanillin.

Preparation:

To prepare baked goods with cocoa according to this simple recipe, you need to mince the nuts and mix them with potato flour. Grind the yolks with sugar until white, add lemon juice or vinegar. Beat the whites. Combine the mashed yolks with a mixture of nuts and potato flour, beaten egg whites and mix. Place the dough on a rectangular baking sheet with high sides, greased with oil and sprinkled thickly with flour. Bake in the oven with medium heat. Place the biscuit on a board, cool and cut into 2 layers. Grease the bottom layer with ⅓ of the entire cream, cover with the top layer and cut into identical cakes. Grease each cake on top and sides with cream, place half a nut in the middle, and make a wreath around it using a pastry bag. Sprinkle the sides of the cakes with biscuit crumbs. Cream: mix cocoa with 2 tbsp. spoons of sugar, pour hot milk and cook over low heat until it dissolves. Grind the butter with the rest of the sugar and vanilla, gradually adding the eggs. When the sugar is crushed, put it in
cream the cooled cocoa mass and pour in the rum.

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One look at a luxurious chocolate cake - and you immediately feel this melting airy sponge cake with nut butter and feel the delicious aroma of cocoa... But you can prepare it in a few minutes, and it couldn’t be easier.

For all sweet lovers website I have collected the most luxurious chocolate desserts that, if desired, can be on your table in 10 minutes.

1. Muffin in a cup

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp. l. flour
• 1 tsp. instant coffee
• 2 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
• 2.5 tbsp. l. Sahara
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tbsp. l. milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp. vanillin

Cooking method:

1. In a bowl, mix flour, ground coffee, cocoa powder, sugar and baking powder. Mix well.
2. Add milk, egg, butter and vanilla. Mix again with a fork until a homogeneous thick mass is formed.
3. Pour the mixture into a greased mug and microwave on highest setting for about 90 seconds.
4. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate brownie

Ingredients:

• 150 g butter
• 65 g cocoa powder (unsweetened) (=2/3 cup)
• 200 g sugar (1 cup)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 100 g flour (about 4/5 cup)

Cooking method:

1. Melt the butter by heating in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Add sugar, cocoa and vanilla, mix well.
2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating lightly each time. Add flour and stir.
3. Grease a microwave-safe dish with butter. Place the dough into the mold. Cook on high for 4-5 minutes.

Chocolate cake

Ingredients:

• 100 g flour
• 100 g chocolate
• 100 g sugar
• 50 g butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 jar of Nutella

Cooking method:

1. Melt butter and chocolate and mix together.
2. Beat eggs with sugar until smooth.
3. Add flour to the egg mixture, whisking continuously. The mass should be fluffy.
4. Pour the slightly cooled chocolate into the flour mixture, mix, add slaked soda. Bake in a microwave oven at full power for 5 minutes. Cut the resulting cake into three layers.
5. Now we coat each cake with Nutella and grease the top of the cake with it. You can sprinkle with grated chocolate for decoration. Ready!

Cake “Potato”

Ingredients:

• 300 g cookies (preferably chocolate)
• 2/3 cup condensed milk
• 100 g butter
• 3 tbsp. l. cocoa

Cooking method:

1. Grind the cookies into crumbs using a blender or meat grinder.
2. In a separate bowl, mix cocoa, condensed milk, and melted butter.
3. When the mass becomes like chocolate paste, add cookies. Mix first with a spoon, then with your hands.
4. We form round or oblong “potatoes” from it and sprinkle with cocoa or cookie crumbs.

Chocolate fondue

Ingredients:

• 200 g chocolate
• 100 ml cream
• fruit to taste

Cooking method:

1. Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Add cream and stir until smooth.
2. Pour into individual bowls and serve with fruit. Thread the fruit onto forks or skewers and dip into the chocolate.
3. You can melt the chocolate in a fondue saucepan and keep warm.

Chocolate pie

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 50 g melted margarine
• 1 egg
• 4 tbsp. l. milk
• 1 tbsp. l. vanilla extract

Chocolate syrup:

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 150 ml water

Cooking method:

1. Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cocoa. Add melted margarine, egg, milk and vanilla. Mix well and place in a microwave safe bowl. The edges of the bowl should be at least 5 cm high.
2. Make chocolate sauce by mixing brown sugar and cocoa. Sprinkle this mixture over the dough.
3. Heat the water for 30 seconds and carefully pour it over the dough. Using a fork, gently move the dough to allow some of the water to drip to the bottom.
4. Cook on high for 5 minutes. Serve with ice cream.

Chocolate cake

Ingredients:

• 40 g butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• a little salt

Cooking method:

1. Grease a small microwave-safe bowl with vegetable oil.
2. Combine softened butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and milk, mix everything thoroughly. Add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Stir and place the dough into a greased bowl.
3. Cover and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes until the cake springs back when pressed. Since all microwaves cook differently, the cooking time for yours may be slightly different.
4. Let cool, then cover with a serving plate and invert.

No-bake chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cashews (any other nuts)
• 3/4 cup pitted dates
• 1/4 cup oatmeal
• 100 g dark chocolate
• a little salt

Cooking method:

1. Place the nuts in a food processor and grind until crumbly. Or pass the nuts through a meat grinder. Add oats and dates and process until smooth.
2. Grate the chocolate and add to the mixture. There's a little salt in there too. Stir.
3. Roll small balls with your hands dipped in water.

No-bake chocolate cake

Ingredients:

• 300 g cookies
• 150 g butter
• 3-4 tbsp. l. cocoa
• 250 g cream cheese
• 50-100 g powdered sugar
• 200 g chocolate
• 100 g cream

Cooking method:

1. First you need to make the base - the cake layer. The butter must be melted and the cookies crushed using a blender or hammer. In a deep bowl, combine butter, cookie crumbs and cocoa. Mix thoroughly until the mass becomes homogeneous.
2. Place crumbs on the bottom of the pan and press firmly. You can use a glass for this. The crumbs need to be spread out in an even layer and the cake should be placed in the refrigerator.
3. It's time to start filling. Beat the cream cheese (you can also use curd mass), gradually adding powdered sugar.
4. And now the main ingredient is chocolate. It must be sent to a water bath and melted. Then let cool slightly and carefully fold into the cream cheese. Beat the mixture thoroughly again.


Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. l. butter for baking sheet
• 1 can of condensed milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 240 g chocolate chips
• 1 cup Nutella
• 3 tbsp. l. butter
• 1/2 tsp. sea ​​salt

Cooking method:

1. Grease the bottom and walls of a 20*20 cm baking tray with butter. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, leaving a 5cm overhang on the sides.
2. In a medium glass bowl, stir together condensed milk, vanilla extract, chocolate chips, Nutella, and chopped butter.
3. Set bowl over medium saucepan of gently simmering water. The water level should be low enough that the bottom of the bowl should not touch the water. Stir until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth, 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking sheet.
5. Smooth the top with a spatula and sprinkle with sea salt. Place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
6. Once the fudge has cooled, run a knife under hot water, dry it, and run it around the edges of the pan to loosen the fudge. Using drapes of parchment paper, lift fudge out of pan. Remove paper. Cut the fondant into 2cm squares.

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Having prepared a fragrant drink, a person does not even think about what else can be made from cocoa powder. But there are many recipes.

First of all, everyone loves chocolate. It is considered very useful, especially the bitter one. But it happens that you don’t have it at hand, but you really want it. In this case, a box of cocoa powder, which every housewife probably has in her closet, can come to the rescue.

Cocoa: composition and properties

Today it is not difficult to go to the store and choose cocoa powder for every taste. But this plant has come a long way before it hits the shelves. Everyone knows that the fruits of the chocolate tree grow mainly in Africa, Colombia, Malaysia, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. The harvesting of ripened beans in developing countries is primarily done by children. The work is not easy and the pay is meager.

The shelled beans are dried and sent to importing countries, where they undergo further processing. This process is long and labor-intensive. First of all, the most valuable product is squeezed out of the crushed fruits - cocoa butter, which is used mainly in the cosmetic and medical industries. But the remaining cake is later turned into cocoa powder. It cannot be classified as an expensive product, but it has beneficial properties. Cocoa powder contains much more microelements than cocoa butter or chocolate. It contains magnesium, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, etc.

It must be admitted that cocoa does not have a large supply of vitamins. Fat-soluble A and E, as well as B and PP are present here in small quantities. But cocoa, even after careful squeezing, remains high in fat, protein and carbohydrates. Therefore, the energy value of this product is considered high. But on the other hand, no one is going to eat cocoa powder in its pure form.

It is prepared as a drink using liquid or added to other foods. But still, a cocoa drink can lift your spirits, improve your vitality, and give you strength and energy. This is due to the fact that cocoa contains phenylethylamine, which has properties to suppress depression. Among other things, the content of the joy hormone endorphin in cocoa can lift your mood.

But such advantages in a special situation can turn into disadvantages. For example, it is not recommended to consume cocoa for people with unstable mental health and for children under three years of age.

But during the recovery period after an illness or surgery, the use of this product is highly recommended. In addition to nutrients, cocoa has mechanisms that can improve digestion and stimulate appetite. That’s probably why it’s so hard to stop when you’re eating aromatic chocolate. But it should be noted that despite all the advantages of this product, you should not abuse it. Since it can only be absorbed in small quantities. In large dosages, cocoa can negatively affect the proper metabolism in the body, and this is fraught with allergies and weight gain. This applies to a natural product. But the modern industrial industry has learned to produce synthesized additives, which, under the guise of cocoa powder, filled the shelves of our stores. These include all kinds of sweets in the form of chocolates, cocoa-based drinks, and confectionery. To avoid harming your body, learn how to make cocoa desserts yourself.

How to make chocolate from cocoa

Before you start making chocolate, you should decide what exactly you want: a hard bar or candy with the addition of dried fruits or nuts, or hot chocolate in the form of a drink that children love so much. How to make solid milk chocolate?

• cocoa powder – 200 g;
• milk – 15 g;
• butter – 160 g;
• granulated sugar – 100 g;
• cocoa butter to taste;
• vanilla on the tip of a knife;
• cup;
• whisk;
• casting mold.

The butter is melted in a water bath. In another cup, heat the milk. As soon as it starts to boil, add sugar and cocoa powder. Then pour in the melted butter. To ensure that all ingredients are homogeneous, you should stir everything with a whisk each time. If you want to get tart solid chocolate, then pour in a little less milk and add cocoa butter instead. And if you replace about 30 g of cocoa with the same amount of milk, you get solid milk chocolate.

When the mass resembles a paste, add vanilla. Place the hot chocolate mixture into molds. You can add nuts or dried fruits to taste. Once the chocolate in the molds has reached room temperature, place it in the refrigerator to completely harden. It can be used as a filling for cookies or a layer for a cake.

Hot chocolate drink

You will need:

• cocoa powder 1 tsp;
• sugar 1-3 tsp;
• milk – 200 g.

Take a saucepan, pour cocoa and sugar into it, then add 2 teaspoons of hot water. Mix everything well. Then pour milk into this mixture and place everything in the microwave for 45 seconds. When the milk warms up, the mass is placed on low heat. After boiling, the hot drink can be drunk.

Cupcakes with added cocoa

Cocoa has found wide use in cooking. Confectionery products prepared with the addition of this powder are especially popular. Here are some of the commonly used recipes:

Steamed marble cake

• flour -150 g;
• sugar – 100 g;
• chicken eggs – 4 pcs.;
• cocoa powder – 50 g;
• vanillin;
• juice of 1 orange;
• coconut flakes 40 g.

Beat the egg whites. In a separate bowl, mix the yolks, sugar, flour and vanillin. After which all this is mixed with proteins. The finished dough is divided into two equal parts. Cocoa is added to one part.

The cake is steamed. To do this, layer the dough into a rice container using a spoon: first white, then brown. After this, the container is covered with foil and steamed for 35 minutes. After cooking, the foil is removed and the cake is cut into pieces.

Before serving, pour orange juice over the cake and sprinkle with coconut flakes.

Regular marble cake

• eggs – 4 pcs.;
• sugar – 80 g;
• flour – 100 g;
• margarine – 30 g;
• cocoa – 1 tbsp. l.;
• powdered sugar – 1 tbsp. l.

Eggs and sugar are whipped into foam. Put 20 g of margarine into the flour and grind well. Mix eggs with sugar and margarine with flour. The finished dough is divided into two parts, where cocoa is added to one part. Alternately pour light and dark batter into the greased pan. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. You can check readiness with a match. Before serving, dust the cake with powdered sugar and garnish with a sprig of cherries or mint.

Prepare treats for children yourself: this way you will be sure that the child is consuming natural products.

South American cocoa beans have given humanity an exquisite taste and a huge variety of delicious foods, dishes and drinks. Today there are several known ways to prepare cocoa. But what can you make from cocoa recipes?

At home, it is possible to prepare many delicious dishes in just ten minutes. Scientists say that cocoa products are very healthy, the most important thing is not to overdo it with sugar.

Delicious recipes with cocoa:

1. Nesquik cupcakes with nuts.

Ingredients:

• margarine - 200 gr.
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• sugar - 100 gr.
• cocoa - 50 gr. (or Nesquik 100 gr.)
• flour - 300 gr.
• baking powder – 10 gr.
• walnuts - 60 gr.

It is necessary to melt the margarine and let it cool slightly. We begin to add eggs and beat. Next, add nesquik, sugar and mix well (nesquik is better because it does not squeak on the teeth, unlike simple cocoa powder). Pour flour and baking powder into the resulting mass. Stir until the lumps disappear. We take the nuts and chop them, grease the molds with oil and put the dough in them, pour the nuts into the middle. Preheat the oven and set for about half an hour, baking at 180 degrees

2. Mexican hot chocolate.

Ingredients:

• milk 0.5 liters
• sugar - 60 gr.
• bitter chocolate - 100 gr.
• Nesquik – 100 gr.
• cinnamon - two sticks
• vanilla – 10 gr.
• salt - one handful
• eggs - 2 pcs.

Heat the milk to 90 degrees and melt the chocolate in it. While stirring, add sugar, cinnamon, salt and heat for about two minutes. Add eggs slowly and mix thoroughly. Next, filter through a sieve so that pieces of protein cannot get into the drink. Whisk for about a minute, pour into a tall mug and add a cinnamon stick.

3. Nesquik cake in a slow cooker.

Ingredients.

For the test:

• eggs - 6 pieces
• sugar – 100g.
• vanillin 10g.
• sunflower oil 50 ml
• flour – 300g.
• baking powder - 15g.
• instant coffee – 10g.
• cocoa drink “Nesquik” – 100g.
• milk – 150 ml.

• dark chocolate - 150 gr.
• cream - 70 ml.

• butter - 150 gr.
• condensed milk – 100 gr.

You need to beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla for about 3 minutes. Then mix the flour with baking powder and add to the eggs. Mix everything without whisking and pour in the milk. Next you need to add Nesquik, coffee, butter. The finished dough should be poured into the multicooker bowl and set to “baking” for one hour.

For the glaze, we need to melt the chocolate with cream and mix until smooth. For the cream, soften the butter, then beat it with a mixer and gradually pour condensed milk into it.

When the cake is cooked and cooled, cut it into 2 halves, grease the first layer with 1/2 butter cream, put the second one on top, and thoroughly grease the whole cake with chocolate icing, decorate with the remaining cream.

There are many desserts that can be whipped up using cocoa. The recipes are simple, with a small set of ingredients, and do not require much time. Other desserts

What can you make from cocoa powder at home?

There are many desserts that can be whipped up using cocoa. The recipes are simple, with a small set of ingredients, and do not require much time or special culinary skills.

To make a cupcake in a mug, take:

• 3 tbsp. spoons of wheat flour;
• 2 tablespoons each - cocoa powder, granulated sugar, milk, sunflower oil;
• a teaspoon of instant coffee;
• a quarter of a teaspoon of baking powder;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• vanilla sugar according to taste preferences.

Combine flour, coffee powder, cocoa, granulated sugar, baking powder, stir. Pour in milk, break the egg, add butter, vanillin, mix until smooth. The inside of the mug is oiled and the resulting mass is poured into it. Place in a microwave oven and heat at maximum power for 90 seconds.

To make dessert, prepare:

• 60 g of Nesquik cocoa drink;
• 150 g butter;
• 100 g wheat flour;
• a glass of refined sugar;
• 2 eggs;
• a teaspoon of vanillin.

Melt the butter, add sugar, cocoa, vanillin and stir. Break the eggs while shaking the mixture. Add flour and mix. The bottom of the microwave dish is greased, then the dough is poured. Heat for 5 minutes at high power.

You can make dessert using the following products:

• 250 g white flour;
• 50 g cocoa powder;
• 2 eggs;
• 300 g refined sugar;
• 60 g each of butter and sunflower oil;
• 270 ml milk;
• a tablespoon of 5% vinegar;
• 1.5 teaspoons of soda;
• a teaspoon of salt;
• vanilla sweetener according to taste preferences.

Combine flour, cocoa, refined sugar, soda, salt, beat with a whisk. Break the eggs, pour in vinegar and milk, add melted butter and vegetable oil mixture, vanillin, stir. To make the sponge cake, place the dough in the oven at 180°C for 50 minutes. After cooling, the biscuit is wrapped in film packaging and left for 2 hours. Decorate with sweet powder, or make any cream for the cake.

To make your favorite cake at home, prepare:

• 300 g crumbled crackers;
• 120 g condensed milk;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of cocoa powder;
• 80 g sugar;
• a handful of walnut kernels;
• 90 g butter;
• 40 ml milk;
• vanillin.

Rusks and nuts are crushed and mixed. Combine melted butter, sugar, condensed milk, cocoa, add vanillin, stir well. A mixture is made from all the ingredients, mixed, slowly adding milk until the mass reaches a viscous, well-molded consistency. Make cakes, roll in cocoa, leave in a cold place for 2 hours.

To make the pie, take:

• 2 cups each of white flour and granulated sugar;
• 4 eggs;
• 3 heaped tablespoons of cocoa powder;
• a glass of milk and sunflower oil;
• 10 g leavening additive;
• vanillin.

Break the eggs, add refined sugar and vanillin, beat. Pour in milk, add cocoa powder and butter, stir. Part of the resulting mass is poured into a glass for glazing the cake. Add flour and baking powder to the remaining mixture and beat. The dough is placed in a mold and baked in an oven heated to 180 °C. Glaze is poured onto the hot cake. Leave until cool.

You can make cookies from the following ingredients:

• a quarter cup of oatmeal;
• more than half a glass of dates with pits removed;
• a glass of cashews;
• 100 g black chocolate bar;
• a pinch of salt.

The nuts are thoroughly crushed. Add cereal and dates. Grind until smooth. The grated chocolate is poured into the mixture, salted and stirred. Form balls with wet hands and roll them in cocoa.

No-bake chocolate cake

To make a simple cake, take:

• 300 g crumbled cookies;
• 3 tbsp. spoons of cocoa powder;
• 200 g each of dark chocolate and cream cheese;
• 150 g butter;
• 100 ml cream;
• 100 g sweet powder.

The cookies are crushed. Combine the melted butter mass, cookies, cocoa, stir until smooth. The mixture is spread into the mold in an even layer, pressed down, and placed in the refrigerator. To make the cream, beat the cream cheese while adding sweet powder.

The chocolate is melted in a steam bath and, after cooling, poured into the cheese mass while whisking vigorously. In another container, thoroughly whip the cream until fluffy and pour into the cheese-chocolate mixture. Spread cream onto the hardened cake layer. The cake without baking is sent to a cold place for 4 hours.

To make a chocolate-flavored treat, take:

• a can of condensed milk;
• 250 g chocolate chips;
• a glass of Nutella cream;
• 3 tbsp. spoons of butter;
• a teaspoon of vanillin;
• a pinch of salt.

Grease the baking tray. Lay parchment, making 5 cm protrusions on the sides. In a glass bowl combine condensed milk, chips, chocolate cream, butter, vanillin. The dishes are placed over a pan of boiling water under low heat. Stir until the chocolate melts and the substance is homogeneous. Pour the mixture onto a baking sheet, level it, and add salt on top. Place it on the refrigerator shelf for a couple of hours. Once cooled, remove the fudge from the baking sheet using the parchment ridges and cut into small cubes for serving.

To make the sweetness, prepare:

• 500 g refined sugar;
• 4 egg whites;
• 160 g butter;
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder;
• 100 g walnut kernels.

To make the meringue base, beat the whites with refined sugar with a mixer. A baking tray is oiled, flour is sprinkled on top, and the protein mass is placed on it in small portions. Bake in the oven. To make the meringue glaze, melt the butter and add cocoa powder and chopped nuts.

Cocoa treat recipe:

• 200 g white flour;
• 200 g granulated sugar;
• 5 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons each of cocoa powder and sweet powder;
• a tablespoon of margarine;
• tea - soda;
• can of condensed milk;
• 150 g walnut kernels;
• vanillin.

To make the brownie:

1. The nucleoli are crushed.
2. Beat eggs with refined sugar, pour in slaked soda, add flour, cocoa, vanillin.
3. Grease a baking sheet with margarine and lay out the dough.
4. Bake in an oven heated to 180 °C.
5. The finished cake is greased with condensed milk, sprinkled with nut crumbs, and rolled into a roll.
6. Cut into portions and sprinkle with sweet powder.

The desserts listed are suitable for both a festive table and a simple tea party. They have a rich chocolate taste that both adults and children will love.