Cuvée Deniz Karaca

Cuvée Deniz Karaca

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Stoneground, small batch chocolate. Bringing back real chocolate, one bean at a time…

Photos from Cuvée Deniz Karaca's post 26/08/2026

🤎 Fudgy Hazelnut Brownies 🤎

Big thanks to Karina for creating this beautiful recipe with our Gianduja Hazelnut Chocolate...

Prep time: 10-15 minutes
Makes: 16 medium or 8 large brownies

INGREDIENTS 🥚

250 gms Gianduja chocolate (divided)
20 mls neutral oil
100 gms unsalted butter (softened)
100 gms brown sugar
3 eggs
75 gms flour
25 gms cocoa powder + 1 tbsp for dusting
Pinch of sea salt

METHOD 🧑‍🍳

1. Preheat the oven to 160ºC and line an 8 inch square tin.

2. Melt 200g of chocolate and oil together, either in a double boiler or microwave. Set aside.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk the butter, eggs and sugar for 2 to 3 minutes until frothy, the mixture might look slightly split.

4. Add the melted chocolate to the egg mixture and fold until incorporated.

5. Sift the flour and cocoa powder together, then fold into the wet ingredients along with a pinch of salt.

6. Roughly chop the remaining 50g of chocolate and fold evenly through the batter.

7. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 16 to 18 minutes for a fudgy brownie, or 22 minutes for a cakey one.

8. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with sea salt.

9. Let the brownies cool in the pan, then dust with the remaining cocoa powder before cutting.

10. Serve warm-ish, with an extra sprinkle of salt if desired.

🌰 Shop Gianduja here... https://cuveechocolate.com.au/our-range/gianduja-1kg-block

24/08/2026

Father's Day is on Sunday 6th September!

If you're looking for the perfect gift, we've got this. 🍫

Specialty cocoa roasted in-house, stoneground and conched for days – it's chocolate the way it used to be.

Not sure where to start? Our Connoisseurs Collection is the easy answer – a composed tasting line-up for the dad who takes his chocolate seriously.

Prefer something to sip? Our Hot Chocolate Collection is something he'll quietly start enjoying every night. ☕

For the rum drinker: our Rum & Raisin bar. For the coffee lover: our Espresso Hazelnut Crunch. 

And if he's the type who's impossible to buy for – send him a digital gift voucher and let him choose himself.

Shop the range via the link in bio. 👀

20/08/2026

We love how Trevor at Hogget Kitchen is using our single origin cocoa powder in the dish! It looks so good. 😍

Cocoa Linguine, Oyster Mushroom, Mushroom Patè and Truffle

19/08/2026

Stoneground. Small batch. Single origin. Every time.

No shortcuts and no compromises – just cocoa beans, roasted in-house, stoneground, and conched for days until the texture's perfect and the flavour's properly developed.

It's slower, it's more work, and it's the only way we'd ever do it. 

Our Noir encapsulates this: 80% dark, single origin Ecuadorian beans from Bean & Co – bold cocoa notes with layers of dried stone fruit and toasted barley. 😘

👉  cuveechocolate.com.au (link in bio)

18/08/2026

Can we really trust the labels on the food we buy? 🤔

A recent ABC Four Corners investigation has shone a light on some deeply troubling questions around food certifications, supply chains and the gap that can sometimes exist between what a label promises and what is really happening behind it.

At Cuvée, this is one of the reasons we don’t rely on these types of certification labels to tell our story.

Instead, we work directly with suppliers we know and trust, sourcing cacao that meets our standards for both quality and ethics. We believe in building genuine relationships, asking questions, knowing where our cacao comes from and being transparent about how we work. 🤝

We’re a small chocolate company, and we know we can’t solve the huge and complex issues facing the global cacao industry on our own. But we can make conscious choices about who we work with, how we source our ingredients, and the kind of chocolate business we want to be.

And hopefully, by doing things differently – and talking openly about why – we can play a small part in influencing others too.

Thank you to Four Corners for shining a light on this important and troubling topic. It’s a conversation the chocolate industry needs to keep having.

Photos from Cuvée Deniz Karaca's post 16/08/2026

Meet Kat Harvey Cheese – Murwillumbah's home for over 50 curated Australian and imported cheeses, cut and wrapped to order by Kat herself. 🧀

You'll also find a selection of our bars on her shelves, and our Gianduja available by the slice.

We asked Kat for her favourite cheese and chocolate pairings – here's what she picked 👇

🍫 Blanc de Caramel
Saint Maure – ashed goat's cheese log, France
Capony – semi-hard goat's cheese, Main Ridge Dairy, Victoria
Langres – washed rind, France
Époisses – washed rind, France

🍫 Gianduja
Brillat-Savarin, France
Comté Gruyère, France

🍫 Amphora 65%
VSOP – 24-month aged Gouda, Netherlands
Tête de Moine – raw Swiss cow's milk, served in rosettes

🍫 Grand Cru 75%
Gorgonzola Dolce, Italy
Lincolnshire Poacher – raw cow's milk, England

🍫 Macadamia & Caramel
Buffalo or Oak Blue – Berry Creek, Victoria

Huge thanks to Kat for sharing these pairings with us. If you're anywhere near Murwillumbah, her store is a must-visit!

📍 Shop 4/105 Wollumbin St, Murwillumbah NSW

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15/08/2026

A huge shout-out to our friends at Sardine for a truly wonderful experience. It’s an absolute honour to work alongside you and share in your passion for beautiful food and Gippsland.
Gippsland isn’t just our home — it’s the land where many of our ingredients are grown, nurtured and brought to life. We’re so proud to be part of this incredible food community and to see local produce celebrated so beautifully.

Thank you, Sardine, for having us. ❤️🌿

13/08/2026

Who needs to visit Niagara Falls when you can see this everyday??!

Fresh batch of Amphora up! 🇵🇪

13/08/2026

What an incredible dining experience at Paringa Estate ✨🍷
From the beautiful dishes to the exceptional service and the most wonderful ambiance, every detail made our experience so special. You can truly feel the love, passion and care that the whole team puts into what they do.

A heartfelt thank you to the entire Paringa Estate team for having us and for making our time with you so memorable. We loved every moment and left feeling incredibly grateful. ❤️

Joshua Kraupner-Taylor We can’t wait to return! 🥂

Photos from Cuvée Deniz Karaca's post 13/08/2026

Cuvée at Vandels – the Caramelised Chocolatine 😍

Brunswick's newest bakery, Vandels, was opened in June by chef Shaun Quade (ex-Lume, Grounded Foods) and writer Veronica Fil – and they're putting our Amphora 65% to good use.

Their Caramelised Chocolatine starts life as cross-laminated buttermilk croissant dough, filled with our Amphora 65%, then finished with a dusting of caramelised sugar for a sumptuous brûlée crust.

Go try it.

📍 446 Sydney Road, Brunswick

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