Usually yes. Some recipes specify "baking" cocoa powder just so that nobody gets confused and uses "drinking chocolate mix" instead (since this contains sugar and milk powder which would throw off the recipe).
no
no they are not
Yes its the same
Cocoa powder is made from roasted and ground cacao beans, which are the main ingredient in chocolate. So, while cocoa powder is not exactly the same as chocolate, it is a key component in making chocolate.
No, but cocoa puffs are the same thing.
There are so many variety in chocolate recipe. However, generally it can be classified as 3 major group : dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. Dark chocolate contain cocoa solid and cocoa butter only without any milk substitent, while milk chocolate contain cocoa solid, cocoa butter and milk powder. White chocolate contain NO cocoa solid, but only milk powder and cocoa butter. There are so many variety in chocolate recipe. However, generally it can be classified as 3 major group : dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. Dark chocolate contain cocoa solid and cocoa butter only without any milk substitent, while milk chocolate contain cocoa solid, cocoa butter and milk powder. White chocolate contain NO cocoa solid, but only milk powder and cocoa butter. There are so many variety in chocolate recipe. However, generally it can be classified as 3 major group : dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. Dark chocolate contain cocoa solid and cocoa butter only without any milk substitent, while milk chocolate contain cocoa solid, cocoa butter and milk powder. White chocolate contain NO cocoa solid, but only milk powder and cocoa butter.
To make chocolate you need cocoa butter (sold in health food stores), sugar, lecithin (a natural emulsifier - chocolate would be granular without this - also sold in healthfood stores), and cocoa liquor (cocoa beans that have been roasted, fermented and blended. Not necessarily a liquid. Not the same as cocoa powder). Some times milk powders and vanilla are added.
When stirring cocoa powder into hot water, it is a physical change because the cocoa powder is simply being dispersed in the water, not undergoing a chemical reaction. The cocoa particles are still the same substance, they are just mixed in with the water molecules.
Oh honey, cocoa powder is definitely not an element. It's made up of various compounds like theobromine and caffeine, not some basic element from the periodic table. So next time you're baking those delicious brownies, just remember, cocoa powder is not on the same level as oxygen or gold.
Cacao and cocoa come from the same plant, but they are processed differently. Cacao refers to the raw form of the bean, while cocoa is the roasted and processed form.
No coffee beans and Cocoa beans come from different plants
Yes shortening and butter are the same thing.