How is chocolate made?

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A slice of devil's food chocolate cake with chocolate frosting sits on a white plate with a fork, with the remaining cake in the background.

A hand spreads organic cocoa beans as they sun dry on a mesh surface at a farm in the Solomon Islands.

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A slice of devil's food chocolate cake with chocolate frosting sits on a white plate with a fork, with the remaining cake in the background.

Chocolate cake

Chocolate is an essential ingredient of devil's food cake.

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A hand spreads organic cocoa beans as they sun dry on a mesh surface at a farm in the Solomon Islands.

Cocoa beans drying in the sun

One of the first steps in chocolate making is to dry the beans that have been harvested...

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