Everything about this cook book is relaxed, unhurried, calm.
Try these luscious melt-in-the mouth cupcakes created by renowned cupcake queen Lily Vanilli for Divine Chocolate (www.divinechocolate.com) and Tate & Lyle. The use of avocados with chocolate creates a unique and luxurious taste.
For the cake mixture:
2 x 100g Divine Dark Chocolate
200g unsalted butter, very soft
200g Tate & Lyle Fairtrade caster sugar
4 x large free range eggs, at room temperature
100ml sour cream
200g self-raising flour
For the topping:
2 cups very ripe avocado flesh (use the ripest you can find before the flesh has turned brown, cutting out any brown bits you find)
1½ tsp lemon juice
1½ cups Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Icing Sugar
25 x toasted walnuts
12-hole muffin tray lined with paper muffin cases
Start by heating the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Then break up the chocolate bars and melt gently in a bowl over simmering water. When melted, remove the bowl from the heat and leave to cool. Now put the butter and sugar into a food mixer and beat until light and creamy. Then beat in the eggs one at a time- beating well after each addition. Next stir in the sour cream on low speed, followed by the flour and finally the melted chocolate, mixing gently until thoroughly combined. Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases and bake for 25 minutes until firm to the touch. Remove the muffins from the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack. Meanwhile make the topping. Using a hand mixer, blend the avocado with the lemon juice until you achieve a smooth consistency, working out any lumps. Slowly blend in the sugar, increasing the speed of the mixer as you go (feel free to add more or less sugar to achieve a consistency & taste you like). Then spread the topping over the cooled cakes. Finally using a zester, create some dark chocolate shavings and sprinkle some onto the frosting and top with a cooled, toasted walnut.
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