Garnish your cupcakes as you please because pretty much anything goes with chocolate. I prefer to keep things simple (and chocolatey) so I grate chocolate shards from my chocolate block and sprinkle liberally. Enjoy!
By Helen Tzouganatos, Hungry and Fussy.
When beating the chocolate buttercream you want a smooth creamy texture so you can easily squeeze it out of your piping bag. If your buttercream is too dry add a splash of milk and if it is too wet add more icing sugar. You really can’t go wrong here, just test the consistency of your icing as you go. After all I’m sure you won’t mind swiping your finger across the chocolate buttercream bowl.
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Serves: Makes 14 medium cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcake
- 125g unsalted butter, softened
- 250g or 1¼ cups brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 100g or 1 cup almond meal
- 130g or 1 cup plain gluten free flour*
- 2 tbs cocoa powder or raw cacao
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 100g 70% dark cooking chocolate, melted
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Chocolate Buttercream
Chocolate Buttercream
- 250g unsalted butter, softened
- 375g or 2½ cups icing sugar mixture
- 100g melted 70% dark cooking chocolate
* I use Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 plain baking flour
Instructions
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 160c.
- Beat butter and sugar for a few minutes until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time whilst beating.
- Add milk and mix to combine.
- Add almond meal, flour, cocoa and baking powder and mix to combine.
- Add melted chocolate and mix to combine.
- Spoon in muffin tray and bake for 20 min.Cool.
- To make chocolate buttercream beat butter with whisk attachment for 5 min until light and fluffy. Slowly add the sugar and beat until fully incorporated. Add cooled melted chocolate and beat to combine.
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Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 160C.
- Beat butter and sugar 30 sec/speed 5. Add eggs one at a time with motor running speed 4.
- Add milk and mix 5 sec/speed 5.
- Add almond meal, flour, cocoa and baking powder and mix 10 sec/speed 5. Scrape sides of bowl.
- Add melted chocolate and mix 5 sec/speed 5.
- Spoon in muffin tray and bake for 20 min.Cool.
- To make chocolate buttercream whisk butter with whisk attachment 2 min/speed 5. Slowly add the sifted icing sugar on speed 3 and whisk to combine. Add cooled melted chocolate and mix 10 sec/speed 4.
