Question...about Chocolate

Hark! I heard [email hidden] (Anita Scales) say:

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My aunt past on a few months ago and going through her
things, I discovered a great collection of recipes. One
was a chocolate cake, which I am eager to try, but, the
recipe calls for not only chocolate, but a shot of
chocolate. What is a shot of chocolate? These recipes date
back to the late 40's and 50's from what I can tell.

A shot glass full of chocolate? Can you post the whole
recipe, that might help...

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"Anita Scales" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi!

My aunt past on a few months ago and going through her
things, I

discovered a

Quoted message said:

great collection of recipes. One was a chocolate cake,
which I am eager

to

Quoted message said:

try, but, the recipe calls for not only chocolate, but
a shot of

chocolate.

Quoted message said:

What is a shot of chocolate? These recipes date back to
the late 40's and

50's

Quoted message said:

from what I can tell.

It might be shorthand for an ingredient or amount. It would
be helpful if you posted the recipe. I find that there are
very few truly unique recipes, just a few classics with some
variations. Surely someone will recognize the recipe and be
able to respond. A quick Google search reveals that
"chocolate shot" is a regional name for sprinkles or
Jimmies. It would be hard to tell if this applies to your
recipe without seeing it in some context.

"Anita Scales" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi!

My aunt past on a few months ago and going through her
things, I

discovered a

Quoted message said:

great collection of recipes. One was a chocolate cake,
which I am eager

to

Quoted message said:

try, but, the recipe calls for not only chocolate, but
a shot of

chocolate.

Quoted message said:

What is a shot of chocolate? These recipes date back to
the late 40's and

50's

Quoted message said:

from what I can tell.

Possibly a shot of chocolate syrup or of chocolate liqueur.

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(Anita Scales) said:

My aunt past on a few months ago and going through her
things, I discovered a great collection of recipes. One
was a chocolate cake, which I am eager to try, but, the
recipe calls for not only chocolate, but a shot of
chocolate. What is a shot of chocolate? These recipes date
back to the late 40's and 50's from what I can tell.

it seems to be what Margaret said--sprinkles.
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Chocolate shot are those chocolate sprinkles you can find in
the grocery store.. Here's a reference to it in a recipe:
Sprinkle chocolate shot over tops of the frosted cupcakes."

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Anita Scales said:

Hi!

Quoted message said:

My aunt past on a few months ago and going through her
things, I discovered a great collection of recipes. One
was a chocolate cake, which I am eager to try, but, the
recipe calls for not only chocolate, but a shot of
chocolate. What is a shot of chocolate? These recipes date
back to the late 40's and 50's from what I can tell.

My guess is chocolate liquor. Gadiva makes a wonderful
chocolate liquor which you should be able to find at a
decent liquor store.

byakee said:

Hark! I heard [email hidden] (Anita Scales) say:

Quoted message said:

My aunt past on a few months ago and going through her
things, I discovered a great collection of recipes. One
was a chocolate cake, which I am eager to try, but, the
recipe calls for not only chocolate, but a shot of
chocolate. What is a shot of chocolate? These recipes date
back to the late 40's and 50's from what I can tell.

A shot glass full of chocolate? Can you post the whole
recipe, that might help...

I have heard chocolate sprinkles being referred to as
chocolate shots. I believe both names are interchangeable.

at Fri, 11 Jun 2004 03:20:23 GMT in <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] wrote :

Quoted message said:

Anita Scales said:

Hi!

Quoted message said:

My aunt past on a few months ago and going through her
things, I discovered a great collection of recipes. One
was a chocolate cake, which I am eager to try, but, the
recipe calls for not only chocolate, but a shot of
chocolate.

My guess is chocolate liquor. Gadiva makes a wonderful
chocolate liquor which you should be able to find at a
decent liquor store.

Terminology clarification (and this is important):
"Chocolate liquor" is *not* an alcoholic, chocolate-
flavoured liquid. Rather, it is pure unsweetened chocolate
mass - what you get if you grind up cocoa nibs. If you want
to refer to an alcoholic, chocolate-flavoured liquid, you
call it a "chocolate liqueur". This is an important
difference because many chocolate bars and chocolate
products list chocolate liquor as an ingredient, which thus
doesn't mean you should infer it's got alcohol in
it. Chocolate-flavoured liqueur is a pretty recent
development so the terminological confusion is perhaps
understandable - for years you only had the non-
alcoholic product.

As to the OP, as others have said, better to post the
recipe. However, the OP did mention the recipe was quite
old, and given that it wasn't so long ago that there were
no chocolate-flavoured alcoholic liquids, it's reasonable
to assume what the recipe called for wasn't that. The
sprinkles idea (I'm used to calling them hundreds and
thousands) sounds plausible, but I'd think that in a recipe
you could read it and that interpretation would be pretty
self-evident.
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