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Elevate Your Holiday Chocolate Cake To A New Level With Hot Cocoa Mix
By Kalea Martin
To make your chocolate cake stand out and capture the cozy flavors of a classic holiday drink, simply incorporate a hot cocoa mix into your cake batter.
Hot cocoa mix is sweeter and not as chocolatey as pure cocoa powder because it contains a combination of cocoa powder, sugar, powdered milk, and other flavoring agents.
Due to the added sugar, the hot cocoa mix will produce a slightly sweeter chocolate cake, and its powdered milk introduces milk solids that give the cake a more complex flavor.
When making the ultimate chocolate cake with hot cocoa mix, you can substitute it for the cocoa powder in a 2:1 ratio or simply add a tablespoon of it to your recipe.
To introduce even more layers of flavor, consider experimenting with different hot cocoa mix variations like peppermint, caramel, or dark chocolate.