Made cocoa swirl loaf today ^^
Hi everyone!
I remembered writing my first post in this forum where I failed so hard making my first ever loaf. I have been making more loaves and practice even since then. Even purchased a new oblong banetton that I used for the very first time today ^^ I made cocoa swirl loaf
- 15% whole wheat flour
- 78% h2o
- 20% starter
- 2% salt
- 8% cocoa powder + equal amount of water to be mixed with 220g of the dough
- autolyse 1hr
- mix ingredients, except the cocoa
- take out around 220g of dough to be mixed with cocoa + water
- 4 sets of s/f, 30 mins interval
- laminate the 2 dough on the first s/f
- total bulk 5 hrs (30°C room temp)
- pre-shape, bench 15 mins, shape
- cold retard 10 hrs
I love how this turns out, the marbling and the smell of cocoa is so charming! I'm so happy that my first time making a batard loaf turned out pretty good :) credits to the amount of tips and insights I get from this website <3
While the smell and bitter taste of cocoa is nice, I wish I can improve the taste of this loaf. Maybe a hint of sweetness would be great, so that it would be pleasant to eat it on its own. I ate this with my homemade raspberry and gin jam and it was perfect. Anyone has any tips to improve the taste? or how to introduce some sweetness to a loaf?
Much Love
From Earth
He looks so neat! Bread aesthetic!
Without reading about the bread - a simple sweetener is sugar. How much sweetness is needed is up to you. I would also expect timing to change - like faster - with the sweetener. How fast is determined by the sugar addition. Enjoy!