Every month I get to choose some items from the lovely peeps at Wholeport to use and show you here on Torie Jayne...
This month I also chose some pretty red heart print cupcake cases, silicone 12 heart mould and some heart doilies. I decided to make some gluten free double choc rose cupcakes with a meringue icing topped with white chocolate red glitter hearts for Valentine's day. Here's how...
double choc rose cupcakes (makes 12 large cupcakes)
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 250g (1 1/4 cups) gluten-free self raising flour
- 250g unsalted butter, softened
- 250g Caster sugar
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp rose water essence
- 100g white chocolate chips
- 100g dark chocolate chips
Cooking instructions
- Heat oven to 180C (fan 160C)
- Line baking tray with cases
- In a food mixer, beat the butter and sugar till light and fluffy
- Slowly beat the eggs one at a time to the butter and sugar mix
- Slowly beat in sifted flour, cocoa powder and rose water essence
- Divide half the batter between the cases
- Stir in chocolate chips
- Divide the the batter between the cases
- Bake for about 20 mins until cakes bounce back when lightly pressed
- Place on rack to cool
To decorate (for 12 large cupcake sized cakes) Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 170g caster sugar
- Red edible glitter chocolate hearts - see Chocolate glittered stars for how to create
- 100g dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Place egg whites and sugar in a medium heat proof bowl
- Place bowl over a pan of simmering water
- Whisk the egg whites and sugar for about 8 minutes until the mixture turns thick, glossy and stands in stiff peaks
- Remove from pan of water
- Fill piping bag fitted with a round nozzle
- Immediately pipe a swirl of meringue icing on top of the cakes
- Leave to set for at least half an hour
- Melt 100g dark chocolate chips and drizzle over the top of the meringue icing
- Place red edible glitter chocolate heart in centre of icing
- Leave drizzle chocolate to set
Have a sweet day!
Ok...that's it I am flying over to the UK to pick up some of these joys from you! These look amazing. xoxo HUgs for a great Valentine week my friend.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome anytime you can x
DeleteHi Torie,
ReplyDeleteI am not sure anyone could make your photos look sweeter..you do such an amazing job! they look so wonderful, and I love the cupcake lines, and the ribbon!
thank you Dagmar, you are so sweet x
Deletevery very nice
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteHello Torie,
ReplyDeleteI love these cupcakes. Especially as they're gluten-free! My step-dad is gluten intolerant, so I'm always on the look out for new recipes. I have a few of my own on my site:
http://vintagetearoses.com/traditional-christmas-cinnamon-star-biscuits/
http://vintagetearoses.com/new-years-eve-crescent-moon-biscuits/
Let me know what you think - it would be great to hear your thoughts.
Melissa x
Your Rustic macarons on your blog today look and sound wonderful, yummy!
DeleteSo pretty and festive and deeeelicious-looking! Happy Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Hope you had a lovely Valentine's day
DeleteHi Torie,
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind me asking but do you do all your blog design yourself? I'm looking to streamline my blog and change it's direction a little and first step is cleaning up the blog etc. I note you still use Blogger as your platform as I'm looking into domains etc and not sure whether it's necessary to make that leap etc etc.
Thank you in advance for any hints and tips you can provide!
Victoria xx
Hi Victoria, I don't mind you asking at all. I do all the design myself and my lovely man does the programming, I am working on a new website as I also want to get mine super organized! Pls feel free to send me an e-mail if I can help you with anything xx
DeleteSooo cute!
ReplyDeleteI've featuredthem in the latest 'Weekly Wonders' post on my blog xxx
http://charlottemusha.com/weekly-wonders-7/
Hi Charlotte, thank you for the feature x
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