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Help please- biscuit cake meltdown

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  • 04-09-2015 12:57pm
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    padzer
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    Im in the middle of a disaster at the minute. Making a chocolate biscuit cake and every time (3 so far) i melt the chocolate, golden syrup and butter it turns into this grainy rubbish thats only fit for the bin. I have made this 3 times before without fail so i dont know what i am doing wrong.

    I was following the odlums recipe.

    Any help appreciated as its needed for tomorrow.

    Thanks


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    MissFlitworth
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    Is water getting into the chocolate by any chance? Even a little bit will make it seize up and go grainy. I have also made grainy chocolate before by stirring it a lot while it was melting, it needs to be left relatively to its own devices. Oh, any by burning it but it doesn't sound like you're burning it.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    The same thing happens to me every time I melt chocolate and golden syrup when I'm making Nigella's rocky road. The first time it happened, out of desperation and meanness because I didn't want to throw it all out, I tried adding a tiny drop of milk and it worked.


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    RacoonQueen
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    What chocolate are you using? Is it high in cocoa?
    I put the choc, syrup and butter directly in the pot (no double boiler) and it always works fine for me.


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    phormium
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    What chocolate are you using?

    Other than using an unsuitable chocolate then it's classic overheating. Melt the chopped up butter and syrup together, do not boil, then take off heat and add well broken up chocolate, leave for 5 minutes then stir gently until all melted. The heat of the mix and the saucepan is sufficient to melt the chocolate.


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    padzer
    Registered Users Posts: 253 ✭✭padzer


    Thanks. Im thinking im guilty of over-stirring it alright. Used a different chocolate each time, 2 aldi types and a lidl and got the same grainy results. Ah its done now, disappointed with the result. Fairly gutted but i havent got the heart to start all over again.


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    padzer
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    Just thought I'd let it be known that for some bizarre reason, everyone was raving about the cake. These were pretty much the same gathering of people that would have eaten my previous efforts and they all reckoned it was the best one I have ever made.

    Dont know what I was worrying about, also dont know why i threw out the previous 3 batches of chocolate and biscuits!


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    Wellyd
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    I've been using the cadburys recipe for almost a year because I had the same results with the odlums recipe. People have been raving about how fudgy and delicious it is!

    https://m.facebook.com/CadburyIreland/posts/10150519253632149


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