Got Chocolate. Not Afraid to Use It.

I have thousands of cookbooks.  I think my collection is ample but I just keep on adding to it.  It's a sickness I tell you and I got it bad.  Hello. My name is Tara and I have a compulsion to buy.. just one more cookbook. The upside is, I'm never short of a great recipe or inspiration which leads me to this next little gem.

I found a great recipe recently in the very fabulous - Artisanal GLUTEN-FREE Cupcakes by Kelli & Peter Bronski.  SEE HERE  Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes no less.
The recipe was already perfect but I like to put my own spin on things so the following is an adaptation of the original.  Here's what I did -

Ingredients                                             

250g butter

1 cup water

1/2 cup GF cocoa powder

2 cups sugar

2 large eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1+1/2 cups GF plain flour

1/2 cup coconut flour

1/2 cup brown rice flour

2 tsp xanthan gum

1+1/2 tsp GF baking powder

1+1/2 tsp bi-carb soda

1/2 tsp salt  

Method

Pre-heat oven to 180° and prep your patty cases in your baking tin.

Heat butter, water and cocoa over a medium heat until butter has melted.

Put sugar in electric mixer bowl, add the butter-cocoa mix & mix on low for 5 minutes. 

Add eggs one at a time incorporating each one well into the mix at each addition.

Add sour cream and vanilla, mix in well.

In a separate bowl combine your dry ingredients - sift twice!

Add dry ingredients to wet and mix at medium-low speed until just combined. Don't over-mix.

Fill each patty case 3/4 full.  Mix is quite thick - Don't panic.
Smooth each top then place in oven to cook for 25 minutes.

Allow cupcakes to cool in tin for 10 minutes then remove & allow to cool completely on a wire rack 

Now this recipe called for Whipped Chocolate Ganache and Raspberry Sauce.

WHIPPED. CHOCOLATE. GANACHE.

Yes you read correctly. I just like saying it out loud..slowly..

WHIPPED. CHOCOLATE. GANACHE. 

The Whipped Chocolate Ganache was decadent enough for me.. I never made it to the raspberry sauce...
 
There's always next time...