Delicious little chocolate cakes, all dolled up for Easter!
Serves
12 PORTIONS
Preparation
25 min
Cooking
25 min
Cooling
10 min
Ingredients
Chocolate cupcakes
- ½ cup Natrel Lactose free butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 cup Natrel Lactose free 2%
Chocolate ganache
- ½ cup fine-quality dark chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup Natrel Lactose Free 35% whipping cream
To decorate
- Small coloured chocolate eggs
Preparation
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to butter and sugar mixture. Add Natrel Lactose Free 2% and stir to combine.
- Line muffin tin with cupcake liners. Fill each with batter, two-thirds full.
- Bake in oven at 375°F for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes or so.
Ganache
- Melt chocolate in a double-boiler or a bowl set above a saucepan of boiling water. Allow chocolate to cool but not harden, about 5 minutes.
- While the chocolate is cooling, beat cream in a large bowl until it reaches the consistency of whipped cream.
- Fold chocolate into whipped cream and gently combine to obtain an ethereal chocolate cream.
Assembly
- Using a piping bag, cover the little cakes with the chocolate cream. If you don’t have a piping bag, a spoon will do just fine.
- Place a few Easter eggs in the centre of the icing to make a little nest on top of each cupcake.
