Not generally -- because there is unsweetened (baking chocolate). The best thing to substitute is cocoa powder and butter/oil/shortening. For each ounce of Baking Chocolate substitute 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder and 1 tablespoon of butter (or oil/shortening).
you can use normal chocolate Eg cadberys
It will be down to personel taste. Try it and report back.
Yes. Most packages of cocoa will list the correct amounts of cocoa powder and butter to use for a specific amount of unsweetened chocolate. For most brands of cocoa, three tablespoons cocoa powder plus one tablespoon butter = one ounce unsweetened chocolate.
unsweetened chocolate is chocolate that doesn't have any suger.
Usually, it's melted unsweetened baker's chocolate, mixed with semi-sweet chocolate wafers, and white chocolate wafers. Or with cocoa instead of unsweetened baker's chocolate. Or it's a 3 layer cake - layer per type of chocolate.
While substituting chocolates can usually be done easily it usually by substituting an unsweetened type chocolate for a sweetened chocolate and adding sugar to make up for the sweetness. If you want to substitute in a sweetened chocolate for an unsweetened you will run into the problem of the extra sweetness.
You can use unsweetened chocolate instead of semi-sweetened chocolate in a cake recipe, but you need to consider why you want to do so. If you're thinking of health benefits, the difference will be negligible. If it's just that you only have unsweetened chocolate, go ahead. Remember, when you use a recipe for the first time it's always best to follow that recipe as closely as possible. Once you've tasted the first results, you can tweak the ingredients around to suit you if you cook it again.
regular chocolate.
Semisweet chocolate has sugar in, unsweetened has no sugar.
Yes, baker's chocolate and unsweetened chocolate are the same.
These are essentially the same thing. You can use them both the same Actually, they bitersweet is NOT the same as unsweetened chocolate. Bittersweet is slightly sweetened. Bittersweet is similar to semi-sweet (think chocolate chips). If you have a recipe calling for unsweetened chocolate and you only have bittersweet, you can add it but remember to DECREASE the amount of sugar you use by one tablespoon per ounce of chocolate.
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Most grocers carry unsweetened chocolate in the baking needs area. Baker's is a popular brand in the US.