Mini Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
Discover why good things come in small packages with these delicious treats!
½ cup caster sugar
2 tsps vanilla bean paste
2 eggs
1 cup self-raising flour
¹⁄³ cup milk
½ cup thickened cream
Ingredients
100g unsalted butter, at room temperature½ cup caster sugar
2 tsps vanilla bean paste
2 eggs
1 cup self-raising flour
¹⁄³ cup milk
White chocolate curls, to decorate
Chcoclate Ganache
200g dark chocolate, chopped½ cup thickened cream
Method
1 Line 2 x 12-hole muffin pans (¹⁄³ cup-capacity) with paper patty cases (4cm base).
2 Beat butter, sugar and paste in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs. Beat until just combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Add flour and milk. Stir until smooth.
3 Spoon 1 tblsp of mixture into each paper case.
4 Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 15 minutes, swapping pans halfway through, or until cooked when tested. Stand for 5 minutes in pans. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
5 To make chocolate ganache, place chocolate and cream in a medium heatproof bowl. Sit bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Remove bowl. Cool to room temperature.
6 Dollop 2 tsps chocolate ganache on each cupcake. Decorate the tops with the white chocolate curls.- Source:
- New Idea
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- Stylist:
- Carolyn Fienberg
- Photographer:
- Andre Martin
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