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cocoa powder

Theobroma cacao

Unsweetened: the bitter, roasted heart of the brownie.

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CHEMISTRY

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₈H₁₂N₂
pyrazines
C₈H₁₂N₂

roasted cocoa

C₇H₈N₄O₂
theobromine
C₇H₈N₄O₂

chocolate's alkaloid

C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₂
tryptophan
C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₂

cocoa's amino acid

USED IN

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No.037
Egg-Free Brownies
fudgy brownies bound with a flax egg, not a chicken one; dark and less sweet

IN THE JOURNAL

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Note.17
Caffeine was named in 1819 and explained in 1981