Substitute

On the way home from my grandparents' house, I stopped to get sugar for the cake I had to make tonight. Although I checked the recipe, I thought I had all of the ingredients except the sugar at home. As I gathered the ingredients from the fridge, pantry and cabinet, I realized I didn't have any cocoa powder. It may just be lost or misplaced but I can't find it.

As luck would have it, I recently organized most of my dessert recipes in my on-going recipe binder project. And I put the two lists of baking substitutions in the front. Turns out unsweetened bakers chocolate is a decent substitute for cocoa. You're supposed to reduce the fat by 1/2 Tablespoon, but I didn't. A little extra butter can't hurt a red velvet cake.