On the 2nd of September I finally graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelors Degree in Human Nutrition - *Insert Happy Dance*.
With this in mind, I was asked to make the class a graduation cake. My first choice was 'my' sweet and salty chocolate cake. You can follow the recipe here. If you read that post, you will know that I froze half of the icing for future use. Big fail, it split and turned to goo. So I replaced that icing with the chocolate ganache below and it worked!
Anyway, on to this post... gluten free cupcakes! Unfortunately the entire cake is not gluten free but I did recreate the cake into a cupcake for a couple of the girls in my class. They worked out way better than I expected and I'm excited to try out more gluten free recipes!
For the cupcakes, preheat the oven to 180°C and line a 12 hole bun tin with paper cases.
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| Graduation Cake |
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| Waiting for Salted Caramel.. |
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| Chocolate Cupcakes |
Cupcake Ingredients
50g butter115g soft light brown sugar2 eggs115g gluten free flour½ tsp bicarbonate of soda25g cocoa powder125ml soured cream
- add the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, bicarb and cocoa powder to a large bowl and whisk until smooth.
- fold in the soured cream and spoon the mixture into the cases.
- bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- leave them to completely on a wire rack before icing them.
Chocolate Icing
225g butter285g plain chocolate2 tbsp golden syrup240ml double cream
- melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup in a glass bowl over a pot of shimmering water.
- once melted, add the cream and mix to combine.
- remove from the heat and allow to cool. it takes about 20-30 minutes for the icing to set and thicken.
Decorate
- to decorate the cake - follow the steps as per the sweet and salty chocolate cake!
- for the cupcakes - remove a small middle from each cupcake (I use an apple corer) and spoon in some salted caramel.
- finally, top with the chocolate icing and enjoy :)
♥ ♥
Wendy
XO
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