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Lily Vanilli Fairtrade Devil's Food Ale Cakes Recipe

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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
523
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 45 g divine fairtrade cocoa
  • 155 g fairtrade ale (honey ale)
  • 170 g organic plain flour (sifted)
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2/3 tsp baking soda
  • 225 g tate & lyle fairtrade caster sugar
  • 12 paper, cupcake cases
  • 85 g/ 3 fl.ozs. fairtrade honey ale (3/8 cup)
  • 340 g tate & lyle fairtrade icing sugar
  • 1/2 tsp fairtrade vanilla essence
  • handful toasted fairtrade brazil nut (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180c.
  2. Bring ale to the boil in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa.
  3. Leave to cool until it reaches room temperature.
  4. Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda and set aside.
  5. Cream the butter and sugar together with an electric mixture until very light and fluffy (about 5 mins).
  6. Add the egg and beat until just incorporated.
  7. Beat in the cooled ale/cocoa mixture.
  8. Add the sifted dry mixture in three parts, alternating with the buttermilk in two parts - beginning and ending with the dry and beating after each addition.
  9. Spoon the batter into a baking tray lined with cupcake cases (2/3 of the way full).
  10. Bake in preheated oven for 15 mins or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  11. Cool briefly in the pans and then transfer to a wire rack until cooled completely.
  12. Frosting.
  13. Boil ale in a saucepan, remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa.
  14. Allow to cool completely - transfer to a bowl and place in the fridge if necessary.
  15. Beat the butter until smooth Add the vanilla, ale/cocoa mixture and half the icing sugar and continue to beat.
  16. Gradually add all of the sugar - beating continuously until you reach a consistency you like.
  17. Spread onto cooled cupcakes and top with shavings of Fairtrade.
  18. Chocolate and Brazil nuts.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 523.04 Kcal (2190 kJ)
Calories from fat 241.44 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.83g 41%
Cholesterol 63.71mg 21%
Sodium 434.05mg 18%
Potassium 50.87mg 1%
Total Carbs 72.44g 24%
Sugars 58.3g 233%
Dietary Fiber 1.86g 7%
Protein 2.77g 6%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 61.6mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 384.63 Kcal (1610 kJ)
Calories from fat 177.55 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.73g 41%
Cholesterol 46.85mg 21%
Sodium 319.19mg 18%
Potassium 37.41mg 1%
Total Carbs 53.27g 24%
Sugars 42.87g 233%
Dietary Fiber 1.37g 7%
Protein 2.03g 6%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 10%
Iron 0.9mg 7%
Calcium 45.3mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.3
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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