Light Brown Colored Chocolate Bc?

Baking By caryl Updated 30 Aug 2007 , 5:28pm by DCHall

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caryl Posted 30 Aug 2007 , 4:42pm
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Need to find a recipe for Choc BC that is light brown in color.
Have a baby shower cake - Mom-to-be wants the choc, but wants the cake decorated in blue and white- doesn't want fondant, but didn't want too much dark brown either! Ughhhh!
Would you just not add as much chocolate to the white BC? Will it still have a choc taste if I do that?
I'm going to probably use milk choc- it's a little lighter in color than semi sweet or dark.
Don't want to just whip it to death- that may lighten it, but I'd never get it smooth.
Any suggestions or recipes? Help!

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mgdqueen Posted 30 Aug 2007 , 4:48pm
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If you use some chocolate syrup instead of water or milk it will turn the bc light brown and still have a little chocolatey taste. I've made it this ways and it's very good. hth.

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caryl Posted 30 Aug 2007 , 4:54pm
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Good idea! The syrup has a pretty strong choc taste. Thanks!

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PinkPanther Posted 30 Aug 2007 , 4:57pm
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Use the chocolate buttercream dream recipe from this site. It uses candy melts, has an excellent taste and is light brown! HTH!

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caryl Posted 30 Aug 2007 , 5:00pm
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Thanks- will check it out!

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peacenique Posted 30 Aug 2007 , 5:20pm
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I just made a "whipped chocolate ganache" with milk chocolate instead of the semi-sweet it called for...
It was Lindt chocolate.
The flavour was fabulous, although milder.
The colour was extremely pale in comparison to the last one I made with the semi-sweet.
This time I also added a few drops of chocolate/hazelnut concentrated flavouring.
I believe the recipe came from this site.
It had only the chocolate and whipping cream.
Holy it was good!
I've now bought some dark or bittersweet to try.

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DCHall Posted 30 Aug 2007 , 5:28pm
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I just used cocoa powder in the buttercream dream recipe and my came out a light brown. I think I added about 1/3 cup.

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