Cherry Ripe Cupcakes
By Mable Tan • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Cupcakes
The girls and I are having a pizza & chic flick night. A rampage of emails usually fly back and forth a few days before because everyone’s excited to meet up. I personally think it’s so important for people to have their night with the girls or with the boys – depending on which company you’d prefer. Friendships are incredibly precious things to me and I’m fortunate to be surrounded by good people.
I’ve been thinking about making these cupcakes for a long time. And in Impatient Vocabulary, one week is a long time to wait. I run the process over and over again in my head and when I have a firm picture, things always go well. That’s me exercising visualization. Now, to visualize, money flowing into my account.
I am very pleased with the cupcakes as it came out fluffy and light. If you don’t have Cherry Ripe, not to worry, there is a substitute recipe. And I promise you, it’s just as good.
Cherry Ripe Cupcakes ( makes about 18 )
———————————————————
- 125g butter, softened
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence*
- 2/3 cup caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 cup Cherry Ripe chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1/4 cup plain flour
———————————————————–
No Cherry Ripe? Replace it with:
- *1/2 tsp coconut essence (instead of vanilla essence)
- 1/2 cup dessicated coconut
- 1/3 cup red glace cherries, chopped coarsely
- 50g dark eating chocolate
———————————————————–
Milk Chocolate Ganache
- 1/4 cup cream
- 100g dark chocolate, chopped coarsely
Decorations
- 150g white chocolate Melts, melted
- pink food colouring
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180C / 160C fan-forced. Line muffin pan with paper cases.
- Beat butter, sugar and essence in a bowl until light and fluffy.
- Incorporate eggs, one at a time.
- Fold in milk, cherry ripe chocolate (or coconut, cherries and chocolate).
- With an electric mixer, beat in flours.
- Divide mixture among cases and bake for 30 minutes or until skewer comes out cleanly.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Chocolate Ganache:
- Bring cream to boil in a small saucepan; pour over chocolate in small bowl, stir until smooth.
- Cover bowl; stand at room temperature until ganache is spreadable.
Decorations:
- Melt white chocolate in a double boiler.
- Tint it with food colouring according to your preference.
- Make paper piping bags; spoon the chocolate mixture in and pipe coloured heart shapes onto baking paper-lined oven tray. Set in a cool dry area.
Wait for ganache to cool before setting the hearts on the cupcakes or the heart will melt from the heat.
Related posts:
Mable Tan is
Email this author | All posts by Mable Tan
LOVE THE CUPCAKE!!!!
YUMMY!!!!
I can tell you that this gal is a great cook. It is my privilege to have a great friend like her….
Thanks gal… =)
You’re certainly most welcome.
These look heavenly! How delicious.
I love your blog!
Wow, these look so rich and tasty–and you’ve decorated them so beautifully. The hearts are heartbreakingly cute!!
Xanthan gum is a thickener/stabilizer that is used a lot in gluten-free and vegan cooking. It is a miracle ingredient!
What inspires you in the kitchen?
Gee, I get asked that question a lot these days.
I believe beautiful and simple food inspires me.
I should also add, homesickness.
Since I no longer have the luxury of mom’s cooking, I like the challenge to reconstruct authentic home cook Malaysian cuisines.
Those are THE MOST ADORABLE CUPCAKES in the history of all things edible!!! –Cakespy is correct: THEY ARE HEARTBREAKINGLY CUTE:P
What a superbly talented new friend I have:D
Those are really cute and made with some cherry chocolate? I love cherry chocolate, it is like my achille’s heel – I could eat tons of it.
Love the design of the site, it’s beautiful.
These cupcakes look and sound really good!
These cupcakes look fantastic. I love Cherry Ripe but this will take the taste sensation to another level!
Yum! just made these and they tasted soo good
I made larger muffin size cupcakes and it made 12… also a bit less time in the oven, def make these again- thanks !