Chocolate ginger gum nuts
Cupcakes, The Australian Women's Weekly
Photographer: Joshua Dasey, Stylist: Margot Braddon
Chocolate ginger gum nuts
INGREDIENTS
Chocolate ginger mud cake:
165g butter, chopped coarsely
100g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
11/3 cups (295g) caster sugar
2/3 cup (160ml) green ginger wine
1/4 cup (60ml) water
1 cup (150g) plain flour
2 tablespoons self-raising flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 egg
1/3 cup (75g) finely chopped glacé ginger
Chocolate decorations:
100g dark chocolate Melts, melted
100g milk chocolate Melts, melted
fresh rose leaves, washed
Dark chocolate ganache:
1/2 cup (125ml) thickened cream
200g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
METHOD
1 Make chocolate decorations – gum nuts, branches and leaves.
2 Preheat oven to moderately slow (170°C/150°C fan-forced). Line 6-hole texas or 12-hole standard muffin pan with paper cases.
3 Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, wine and the water in small saucepan; stir over low heat until smooth. Transfer to medium bowl; cool 15 minutes.
4 Whisk in sifted flours and cocoa, then egg. Stir in ginger. Divide mixture among cases.
5 Bake large cakes about 1 hour, small cakes about 50 minutes. Turn cakes onto wire rack to cool.
6 Make dark chocolate ganache.
7 Pour ganache over cakes; set at room temperature.
8 Decorate cakes with chocolate gum nuts, branches and leaves.
Chocolate decorations
For gum nuts, spread dark chocolate onto a cold surface; when set, pull a melon baller over chocolate to make gum nuts. For branches, spoon half the milk chocolate into paper piping bag; pipe branches onto a baking paper-lined tray; leave to set. Gently lift branches off paper. For leaves, using a small, clean paint brush, paint remaining milk chocolate thickly on one side of each leaf, place on baking paper-lined tray; leave to set. Carefully peel away and discard leaves.
Dark chocolate ganache Bring cream to a boil in small saucepan; pour over chocolate in small bowl; stir until smooth. Stand at room temperature until ganache is a thick pouring consistency.
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