Dark Cocoa Powder

Cocoa powder is made from roasted cocoa beans, it’s acidic and bitter, with a very strong and concentrated chocolate flavour and generally a light brown colour. If you’re wanting to achieve a darker chocolate colour to your cakes, bakes, chocolate work or even gelatos or patisserie items, then you might want to consider using a dark cocoa powder to give a wonderful colour and avoid pouring in unnecessary food colouring.

It might come down to your recipe or the exact colour you’d like to achieve as to which type of cocoa you’ll want. If you simply have to use baking soda in your recipe then you’ll need a natural cocoa powder which is available in a lighter colour from Casa Luker. Whereas if you want to get a devilishly dark colour to your work, use an alkalised / Dutch processed cocoa powder such as the brilliant range of dark cocoa powders from Van Houten (who even provide a black cocoa powder!) but you’ll need to use baking powder instead of soda if you’re hoping for a good rise to a cake.

Whether you’re after 1 bag or want bulk cocoa powder, we stock a wonderful range of dark cocoa powders, but if you’re after a lighter cocoa then don’t hesitate to check out our full range that includes Callebaut cocoa powder.