Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes With Rice Crispies |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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It was clear when I first heard that a good friend was leaving to return to England I had to make a wonderful chocolate cupcake. But I wasn't quite sure what chocolate cupcake it was to be. Chris likes his Cadbury Boost Bars, I thought about chopping up the bar to top the chocolate fudge cake but I didn't want him to have a heart attack, so rice crispies instead. Read more . The cake is deliciously dark in colour and is wonderfully rich but not heavy in texture. The ganache is silky, glossy, liquid SIN. Ingredients:
chocolate fudge cupcake |
200g quality chocolate, 66% cocoa solids |
250g butter, softened |
160g dark brown sugar |
4 tbspn light corn syrup |
350g plain flour, sifted |
50g cocoa powder, sifted |
2 tsp baking soda |
6 medium eggs |
10 tbspn milk |
chocolate ganache |
500 gm quality chocolate, 66% cocoa solids melted |
100 gm butter, melted |
250ml double cream |
rice crispies |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven at 170C.
2. Place the chocolate; butter, sugar and syrup in a basin over a saucepan of simmering water melt together. Allow to cool.
3. Stir into the chocolate mixture the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda. Beat in the eggs and enough milk to form a dropping mixture.
4. Divide batter among baking cups 1/2 full (they rise up quite a bit).
5. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes until springy and firm to the touch.
6. Remove from oven leave to cool for 10 minutes before placing on a cooling rack to cool completely.
7. Once cooled, use a knife to level out cupcakes, sprinkle rice crispies over cupcakes.
8. Meanwhile, boil the cream in a saucepan, taking care not to burn it. Remove from the heat as soon as it's boiled.
9. Melt the chocolate, then stir it into the hot cream.
10. Melt the Butter and stir into the cream/chocolare mixture, mixing well until all the butter is incorportated.
11. Beat until smooth and glossy, drizzle over cupcakes, add another layer of rice crispies and drizzle more ganache over.
12. Leave to let chocolate ganache set.
13. Serve warm or cool with ice cream!
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