Chocolate cake experts, I need your help!

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I'm making a chocolate cake; the recipe calls for cocoa powder- that's not the same as drinking chocolate (of the just add milk variety) is it? Cocoa powder doesn't have the added sugar, is that right? So if I used drinking chocolate it would be too sweet?

Where in the supermarket would I find cocoa, and what brands should I look out for?

TIA

That's right, drinking chocolate is not the same, and should not be used.

You should find cocoa powder in the baking section, I live overseas and can't remember what brands ar best, but in my experience you get what you pay for. Someothing like Green and Blacks will always be good, or Valrhona.

Def don't use drinking choc it would be ming.

I use Cadbury's Bourneville cocoa powder, in red packaging and its fine. It's usually with the tea nad coffee