Why and How to Bloom Cocoa Powder The Spruce Eats
Published on 05/17/21. The Spruce / Cara Cormack. Blooming cocoa powder means adding a hot liquid, like water, coffee, or melted fat, to cocoa powder in order to draw out its rich flavor. Doing this before adding the cocoa into the rest of a recipe can improve the end product—whether that be flourless chocolate cake or German chocolate cookies.