Chocolate, chocolate and chocolate
Jul 15, 2010 Cupcakes Bakery
I have been craving chocolate all week, so I decided to indulge myself and make very chocolaty cupcakes! Brownie cake with chocolate chips and chocolate ganache as icing. It did the trick and I recommend it to everyone who is suffering from a strong chocolate craving. Here is the recipe for 12 cupcakes:
cake:
- 3/4 stick of butter ( 1/4 cup + 2 tbs of butter)
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 80g of dark chocolate
- 1 tbs of olive oil
- 1 1/3 cup of flour
- 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
method:
- preheat oven to 350 (325 for convection ovens)
- beat butter until light and fluffy
- add sugar and beat until mixed
- add eggs one at a time and mix in between each addition
- melt the chocolate in a bain-marie with the olive oil
- in a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder
- add the flour and mix
- add the chocolate chips
- put cupcake cups in muffin pan and scoop the cupcake batter in the cups
- bake for 20 minutes
- let cool completely before icing
I took the chocolate ganache recipe from Baking from Above – Baking. I really recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn the basics of baking.
- 50 grams of dark chocolate
- 15 grams of cream
- 50 grams of milk
method:
- put the milk and the cream in a small pot and bring to a boil
- take the pot of the stove and add the chocolate, stir until all the chocolate is melted
- put back on the stove on medium and once it boil for 2 minutes
- let cool a little bit before pouring onto the cupcakes
Enjoy!
Tags: 2 Eggs, Bain Marie, Baking Powder, Boil, Brownie Cake, Chocolate Chips, Chocolate Craving, Chocolate Ganache Recipe, Chocolate Icing, Chocolate Recipe, Convection Ovens, Craving Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Flour, Little Bit, Muffin Pan, Olive Oil, Stick Of Butter, Tbs, Tsp
Chocolate-expresso-almond-raspberries
Jun 15, 2010 Cupcakes Bakery
This week, my mom came to visit me from the other side of the country. It was the first time she was going to taste my cupcakes so I wanted to make the best cupcakes ever just for her! I combined a lot of flavours she loves and made them as pretty as I could with all I have learned since I started making cupcakes in January. Here is the recipe for 12 cupcakes.
cake:
- 3/4 stick of butter ( 1/4 cup + 2 tbs of butter)
- 1 cup of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of almond powder
- 2 tbs of milk
- 1/4 + 2 tbs cocoa powder
- 2 tbs expresso powder
- 1/4 cup of flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
method:
- preheat oven to 350 (325 for convection ovens)
- beat butter until light and fluffy
- add sugar and beat until mixed
- add eggs one at a time and mix in between each addition
- add the almond powder and combine
- in a separate bowl mix the cocoa powder, expresso powder, flour, and baking powder
- alternate adding the flour and milk to the butter mix starting with the dry ingredients
- put cupcake cups in muffin pan and scoop the cupcake batter in the cups
- bake for 20 minutes
- let cool completely before icing
italian buttercream:
- 1 egg white
- 4 tsp of water
- 6 tbs of sugar
- 10 tbs of butter
- 1/4 cup of raspberry puree sifted
- a bit of green food colouring if you want to make little leaves for the flowers
method:
- beat egg white up in snow adding 1 tbs of sugar midway
- put the rest of the sugar and the water together in a pot on bring to 116 degrees celsius (soft ball state)
- add the sugar syrup to the egg whites while still beating at slowest speed
- beat until cooled, touched the bottom of the bowl to make sure its at least body temperature
- add the butter a little bit at a time and beat in between each addition
- beat until you get a nice fluffy texture
- take a little bit of icing in a separate bowl if you want to make green leaves for the flowers
- add the raspberry puree
I’m glad to say my mom loved my cupcakes! I hope you enjoy them too 
Tags: 2 Eggs, Baking Powder, Cocoa Powder, Convection Ovens, Cupcakes, Dry Ingredients, Egg White, Egg Whites, Fluffy Texture, Food Colouring, Green Food, Green Leaves, Italian Buttercream, Little Bit At A Time, Little Leaves, Muffin Pan, Raspberry Puree, Stick Of Butter, Sugar Syrup, Tsp
Spudthing for everyone
Jun 8, 2010 Uncategorized
Steve and the kids all love the potato skins at a local steakhouse. You know the sort of place…Carnivore’s Delight…they put meat in everything…even the salad.
Potato Skins, of course, are filled to the brim with bacon.
So when I picked up one of the skins that I made for them that looked just like their restaurant favorites and plopped it on my plate, they were a little confused.
“Uh, what are you doing? There’s BACON on that!”
Turns out, you see, that many bacon bit brands don’t actually have pork in them at all. They are fried bits of soy product that are seasoned with lots of salt and “liquid smoke”.
Many “Bacon Bits” are not bacon at all.
So here we have a simple snack that can appeal to vegetarians and carnivores alike. It may not be the healthiest snack, but it’s a delicious one you can save for a special occasion.
Steve’s birthday party is coming up so I’m pretty sure I’ll be making these as one of the snacks for the party, because it seems there isn’t anyone who doesn’t like these…except for people like our friend Mike who doesn’t like bacon. But that’s another story all together.
Potato Skins
7 large to medium potatoes
1/2 pound of cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 stick of butter
1 tablespoon of salt
1/2 an onion
4 tablespoons of soy “bacon bits”
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 tablespoon of chives.
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
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Finely dice the onions.
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Melt the butter in a saucepan, but take it off the heat before it gets brown.
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Cut the potatoes in half. Take a spoon and “carve” the potato out.
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Brush the inside of the potato with butter. Bake in the oven until you can stick a fork in them.
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Sprinkle potatoes with salt. Add cheese to your liking. Mix onions and “bacon bits” together.
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Add onion and bits mixture to each potato.
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Return to oven until cheese is melted.
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Add sour cream and sprinkle chives or minced fresh dill weed over the top.
Vegetarian.
Tags: Bacon Bits, Birthday Party, Brim, Carnivores, Chives, Dill Weed, Friend Mike, Liking, Liquid Smoke, Medium Potatoes, onion, Onions, Potato Skins, Restaurant Favorites, Saucepan, Sour Cream, Special Occasion, Stick Of Butter, Tablespoon, Vegetarians
