substituting cocoa butter?

[fawn]

I'll be making moccatines (praline)

the ingredients are:

fresh cream

coffee powder

dark chocolate couvature

cocoa butter

Can i sub shortening for the cocoa butter?

[gfron1]

Just my guess, but I'd try a mix of butter and white chocolate. I'd be afraid of the mouthfeel of shortening.

[John DePaula]

I'll be making moccatines (praline)

the ingredients are:

fresh cream

coffee powder

dark chocolate couvature

cocoa butter

Can i sub shortening for the cocoa butter?

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No, it would then be something that you won't want to eat.

Edited August 30, 2007 by John DePaula (log)

[tammylc]

i agree that you don't want to substitute shortening.

How much cocoa butter is there relative to other ingredients? That will help us know what role it is playing in the recipe.

[aguynamedrobert]

What is the cocoa butters use in the recipe? And yes, how much is in the recipe? Depending on the type of chocolate you use you might not even need to add cocoa butter. You could just use a cocoa butter rich chocolate...

[Kerry Beal]

I suspect you could use coconut oil in place of the cocoa butter in that recipe and get a nice result.