How to melt chocolate in a water bath for a cake

Step-by-step cooking

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   How to melt chocolate in a water bath for a cake? The main key to success lies in good quality chocolate, it is not worth saving on it. Any pure chocolate is suitable for melting — black, milk or white without any additives. Porous chocolate won't do.

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   Take two small (preferably enameled) pots. Pour water into one and bring to a boil. Break the chocolate into pieces and put it in a small saucepan. When the water in a large saucepan boils, place a pan of chocolate on it. The water in the boiling pot should not touch the bottom of the pan with chocolate. It is not necessary to cover it with a lid — condensation can get into the chocolate and spoil its consistency.

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   Reduce the heat to a minimum and wait for the chocolate to melt at this temperature, stirring constantly every 30-40 seconds. Another subtlety is that if the temperature is too high, the chocolate will become too thick, and lumps may appear in it. Melt the chocolate until the mass becomes homogeneous and viscous. If desired, you can add a little butter, cream or milk.

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   That's how flavorful melted chocolate is made effortlessly. I have a chocolate bar of 100 grams melted in about 8 minutes. I do not advise heating more than this amount at a time, too much chocolate will not warm up well.

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   It can be used as a glaze for a cake or cakes, or you can arrange a feast of taste and eat with fruit (I have bananas and kiwis, it will be very tasty with strawberries and nectarines). It is on this principle that chocolate fondue is made. The only thing is that it is better to use chocolate immediately, because, cooling down, it will begin to harden again. Therefore, in fondue there is a constant heating of chocolate over a candle or burner.

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   Bon appetit!