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Low Fat Dark Chocolate Balsamic and Almond Cupcakes

Posted on February 25, 2017 Posted in Cupcakes .

Low Fat Dark Chocolate Balsamic and Almond Cupcakes

Low Fat Dark Chocolate Balsamic and Almond Cupcakes

 

Low fat, sound too good to be true? I’d say less than 6g of butter per cupcake is pretty damn good! How does this treat still tastes amazing with such little butter content? A little trick, replacing 60% of the butter with apple puree as I promise no one will even notice!

How chocolate, balsamic and almonds was invented? So balsamic vinegar works brilliantly with strawberries as it brings out the sweetness and intensifies the flavor profile. So I figured if I used the balsamic with the dark chocolate it would have a similar effect and I was right

Additionally, the almond provides a lovely complementary texture and satisfying crunch to the recipe.

This recipe is a lovely twist on the usual chocolate cupcake and you can eat with a clear conscious!

Ingredients:

  • 200g flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 4 tsn baking powder
  • 80g sugar
  • 160g 70% dark chocolate
  • 80g roasted almonds
  • 70g butter
  • 100g apple puree
  • 2 eggs
  • 140ml milk
  • 2 + 1/2 tbsn Balsamic vinegar

Icing:

  • 300g icing sugar
  • 25g cocoa powder
  • 70g balsamic vinegar

 

Method:

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200c degrees and line a 12 hole cupcake tin with patty cases.
  2. Sieve the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and sugar in a bowl and stir to combine.
  3. Chop the chocolate and almonds into really small pieces and place into the flour mix, stir.
  4. Melt the butter in a bowl in the microwave and add the milk, puree, vinegar and eggs. Whisk with a hand whisk until well combined.
  5. Pour the milk mix into the flour mix and using a hand whisk beat until just combine.
  6. Pour the batter into the patty cases and bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until and skewer in the center comes out clean.
  7. Place the cupcakes onto a cooling rack until cool.
  8. Meanwhile to make the icing beat the ingredients until well combined.
  9. Using a spatula spread the icing over the cupcake evenly.
  10. Grate extra chocolate and dice almonds over the icing.

 

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Low Fat White Chocolate Lemongrass Salted Macadamia Cupcakes

Posted on May 30, 2016 Posted in Cupcakes .

Low Fat White Chocolate Lemongrass Salted Macadamia Cupcakes

Low Fat White Chocolate Lemongrass Salted Macadamia Cupcakes

You are correct, white chocolate and macadamia is a stock-standard flavor combo, nothing new or unusual here. And lemon, well this is also a very common baking ingredient that is sometimes paired with white chocolate. The reason these flavors are common is because they are so divine together.

So if I’m creative a recipe that’s stock-standard what is going on and why even bother making up a recipe? The hero ingredient in which I have never baked with before and don’t believe I have ever even heard of being in a sweet treat before is the Lemongrass (also lemon and macadamia is a little unusual in itself but not enough for me to create a recipe off).

The lemongrass provides a lovely variation to the norm lemon flavor, the salted macadamia provides a lovely crunch texture to the cupcake and the salt elevates the tone in the white chocolate making this cupcake super delicious and walks all over any lemon cupcake I have ever had!

Also, the natural yoghurt and the lemon juice adds a slight sourness and bitterness that offsets the intense sweetness of the icing sugar making the icing a lovely more restrained addition.

Ingredients:

  • 250g flour
  • 4 tsn baking powder
  • ½ tsn salt
  • 80g sugar
  • 160g white chocolate
  • 80g macadamias
  • 40g Lemongrass
  • 1 tbsn lemon zest
  • 70g butter
  • 100g apple puree
  • 140ml buttermilk
  • 2 eggs

Icing:

  • 70ml natural yoghurt
  • 300g icing sugar
  • 15ml lemon juice

 

Method:

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200c degrees and line a 12 hole cupcake tin with patty cases.
  2. Sieve the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl and stir to combine.
  3. Chop the white chocolate and macadamia into small pieces and place into the flour mix, stir.
  4. Grate the lemongrass and stir into the flour mix.
  5. Melt the butter in a bowl in the microwave and add the buttermilk, puree and eggs. Whisk with a hand whisk until well combined.
  6. Pour the milk mix into the flour mix and using a hand whisk beat until just combine.
  7. Pour the batter into the patty cases and bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until and skewer in the center comes out clean.
  8. Place the cupcakes onto a cooling rack until cool.
  9. Meanwhile to make the icing beat the ingredients until well combined.
  10. Using a spatula spread over the cupcake evenly.
  11. Grate extra white chocolate, macadamia and lemon zest over the icing.

 

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