Have you ever replaced chocolate with cocoa powder?

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Have you ever replaced the chocolate in a dessert recipe (brownie, cake etc) with cocoa powder? What conversion rules did you use and how did it turn out in terms of texture differences etc?
Thank you!!!

I would think you would need some fat in there too.
Brownies, cakes etc you can usually find a recipie with cocoa in, so maybe go for a recipie when the testing has already been done?

quite a tricky swap, as cocoa is so very dry. I agree - look for a different recipe that uses cocoa.

I have, I mixed the cocoa powder with water to give a consistency a bit like melted chocolate. Though I agree with the others that a cocoa containing recipe might be a good idea.

This is a really good brownie recipe with cocoa - I make it all the time. Sometimes I swap out the coconut for walnuts, and sometimes leave them out but replace the weight with the flour. Only problem is that it requires a shit load of sugar, and half a pound of butter, so it’s not exactly healthy…
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/fudgy-coconut-brownies

I recently made a brownies recipe that uses cocoa powder instead of chocolate - it was from an old M&S cookbook that my mum had, and I remember making them back then (circa 1984) and thinking they were brilliant.

The top crackled impressively as I remembered, but other than that, they were revolting. Just tasted of sugar, not chocolatey or fudgey at all.

yes, well the recipe used it, with syrup and butter too

Some brownie recipes do just use cocoa

I make these Alice Medrichs brownies after seeing the recipe recommended on mumsnet, and they are really good, I think they are better than ones made with chocolate, and they work out cheaper too.