Question about chocolate: in a recipe can i switch dark chocolate w. white chocolate

[La Lioness Priyanka]

and leave everything else the same?

i often make warm chocolate cake w. whipped cream but today i want to make a white chocolate warm cake with dark chocolate sauce instead

so do i need to make any other adjustments to the recipe

[Warpy]

1. The cake might not taste very chocolate

but it will be good. White chocolate is the cocoa butter without the bitter dark chocolate liquor that gives chocolate its bite. The fat content is the same.

You might want to up the vanilla a tad just to make sure the cake tastes of something besides fat and sugar.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. thank you. i kew someone had a good suggestion

that makes perfect sense.

[The empressof all]

3. It should be OK....but

The consistancy may be changed. I'd go ahead and try it but if you are serving it at a dinner party you may want to have an extra dessert on stand by.

[TygrBright]

4. Depends on how the cake is leavened...

...dark chocolate is more alkaline than white chocolate. That can change the delicate balance of your leavening. That would have a big effect here in the high altitude but it might not be so critical at sea level.

theoretically,
Bright