How to make the perfect cocoa powder cake cream? 3 most popular recipes
Making delicious biscuits for chocolate cake is only half the battle. For the dessert to become a real masterpiece and a real delight for the taste buds, it must be saturated with cream. And it's better if it's chocolate cream, right? And here are some secrets of making delicious chocolate cream from cocoa.
Chocolate cream made from cocoa powder can be different: thick, liquid, medium (creamy) consistency. It all depends on what kind of dessert you need to prepare and how much it should be saturated with cream. In addition, chocolate cream can also be used as an independent dish, which can be supplemented with chocolate or nut shavings.
We suggest you try several variations of chocolate cream with cocoa powder, and choose the one that fits your confectionery recipe. By the way, if you plan to prepare a large amount of cream or chocolate treats, it is better to buy natural cocoa powder in bulk.
The technology of making cocoa cream
There are only 2 types of technologies for making chocolate cream from cocoa: custard or butter. There is no need to cook, heat, etc. when cooking the butter version. Only a good mixer will be the main helper here. In the custard version, the name speaks for itself: you need to heat all the products to the required temperature with the help of a water bath, for example, and bring them to consistency slowly, observing the temperature regime. These two classic recipes, of course, we will give below.
An important rule when preparing any dessert is to follow the recipe exactly. The slightest deviation in the amount of one or another ingredient can change the taste of a pastry dish, and often not for the better. That is why cooks and confectioners advise to strictly follow the recipes.
The quality of the components themselves is also important. You should not expect a wow effect from chocolate cream if low-grade cocoa is used. And here quality cocoa powder can change the taste by adding delicate notes of chocolate and the aroma of cocoa.
1. Custard chocolate cream with cocoa according to the classic recipe
When preparing the cream, you should remember that the mixture must be constantly stirred so that lumps do not form, and the structure of the cream itself is gentle and smooth.
Ingredients for chocolate custard:
• Flour - 2.5 tbsp. l. without a slide;
• Sugar - 4 tbsp. l. without a slide;
• Cocoa powder - 4 tbsp. l. with a slide;
• Vanilla sugar - 1 teaspoon;
• Salt to taste;
• Cold milk - 1.5 cups to the brim;
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.;
• Butter – 3 and 1/3 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step preparation of custard from cocoa powder:
1. Mix bulk products in a brewing container until smooth. These are flour, salt, sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla sugar.
2. Add an egg to the resulting mixture and mix well.
3. Then pour in the milk and use a whisk to bring the mixture to a smooth consistency.
4. Put the pan with the mixture on a low heat. Be sure to stir so that lumps do not form.
5. As soon as the temperature of the cream rises to 80 °C, it must be removed from the heat and oil.
6. Mix the cream well and put it in a cold place.
7. You can grease the cake layers or decorate the cakes with chocolate custard immediately after it hardens.
Our advice! This type of chocolate cream can be served as a separate dessert by filling it with creams and decorating it with chocolate shavings, cookie crumbs or nuts.
2. Butter chocolate cream with cocoa
The main advantage of chocolate cream made from cocoa powder and butter is that it can be prepared quickly if you suddenly have guests and want to please them with a delicious cake (this is the case if you have ready-made biscuits).
Ingredients for chocolate butter and cocoa cream:
• Water - 0.5 cups;
• Powdered sugar - 4 tbsp. l. without a slide;
• Butter - 1 p. (200 g);
• Cocoa powder - 1-3 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step preparation of buttercream with cocoa powder:
1. Mix slightly heated water with powdered sugar until it dissolves. Cool the syrup in the refrigerator.
2. Beat softened butter with a mixer at medium speed, adding cooled sugar syrup in a thin stream.
3. Divide the resulting cream into 2 portions.
4. Add cocoa powder to one portion of the cream, beating the mass with a mixer. Gradually add the rest of the cream. The more cocoa powder, the richer the cream will be.
Our advice! So that cocoa does not form lumps in the cream, mix it beforehand with 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar.
3. Chocolate cream with cocoa quickly
For this cream, you need to take only classic high-quality "raw" condensed milk from natural ingredients in the composition. Boiled, caramelized or condensed milk without sugar will not work.
Ingredients for cocoa powder and condensed milk cream:
• Chilled cream 20% - 150 ml;
• Chilled condensed milk - 1 byte;
• Natural cocoa powder – 4 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step preparation of chocolate cream from cocoa and cream with condensed milk:
1. Pour the required amount of cream cooled in the refrigerator into a metal container. Beat them with a mixer for 3 minutes at medium speed.
2. Reduce the speed of the mixer and pour in the cooled condensed milk in a thin stream.
3. As soon as the mixture of condensed milk and cream increases in volume, turn off the mixer and add cocoa powder.
4. Carefully mix the cream with a pastry spatula until the cocoa is evenly distributed.
