I heart cupcakes | The Purple Foodie

Its Valentine’s week and Zorra from Kochtopf is hosting an event “A Heart for Your Valentine”. I love the idea of such theme events where each person brings in their creativity. Since the time I heard of the event I was eager to participate, and finally made my entry to the event today – Lindt Chocolate Cupcakes.

Lindt Chocolate Cupcakes
(makes 6)

4 eggs
120g sugar
200g butter
200g Lindt dark chocolate (I used one with a hint of holiday spice)
120g flour

Mix the egg and sugar till light and fluffy.
Melt the chocolate and the butter together.
Mix together the egg mixture and the chocolate mixture.
Sift the flour, then gently fold it into the above mixture.
Butter the mould, then sprinkle with sugar, then butter again. This will make the cupcakes look nice and shiny and of course, assist in unmoulding.
Add the batter to the mould and bake at 200ºC for 20-30 minutes.

Since I wanted to serve them upside down with the icing sugar sprinkled, I sliced off the risen part of the cupcake so that it would sit flat on the plate.

After demoulding the cupcakes I was very excited to use my stencils that I had bought a while ago. I have 4 shapes: a heart, a butterfly, a star and a flower. All my favourite things to doodle when I’m whiling my time away.

The cupcakes turned out to be extremely moist and dense. I served them warm with a strawberry coulis and vanilla ice cream.

My Valentine absolutely loved them, which was the most satisfying emotion for me.

Strawberry coulis
1 cup fresh strawberries
1/4^th cup sugar
2-3 tablespoon water
Few drops of lemon juice

Hull the strawberries. Cut into quarters.
Put all the ingredients in a pan and simmer for 7-10 minutes on a low flame. Keep it covered.
Chill the coulis before serving.

The cupcakes were a delight. Now I’m thinking I’ll be more indulgent the next time and cover it with a cream cheese icing. and maybe drop some bits of Oreo in the batter before it’s baked. Yum!

<
/p>

* To have a look at other entries to the event, you can have a look here.

Tagged as: chocolate

{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

1 zorra February 13, 2008 at 4:00 pm

As Swiss I love Lindt Chocolate. Who could resist these cupacakes?

Thank you for your participation.

2 elisabeth February 14, 2008 at 12:49 am

look lovely,I am gonna try them very soon…

3 Shaheen February 14, 2008 at 1:06 am

Zorra: The pleasure is mine@

Elisabeth: You should! And try it with a cream cheese icing if you want to go overboard.

4 Cynthia February 14, 2008 at 9:12 am

Perfection!

5 Joanna in the kitchen February 15, 2008 at 3:48 am

Cupcakes from Lindth chocolate, strawberry coulis and vanilla ice cream seems to be divine combination. Sweet chocolate dreams….:-)

6 mamma3 February 15, 2008 at 12:43 pm

I really think they’re lovely, I will try them as soon as possible, because I have with Lindt chocolate a special feeling! Elga

7 The Flavor Carousel October 22, 2011 at 6:19 pm

Hi shaheen! the only chocolate you get in India (as far as i know) are Selbourne and Morde. Is Lindt easily available here?

8 The Purple Foodie November 2, 2011 at 1:18 am: Yes, it is! Most big stores stock it.

9 The Flavor Carousel November 2, 2011 at 1:35 am

The lindt you are talking about is cooking chocolate or just the normal bars we eat? (the normal stuff is all i can find). sorry. big confusion cause i just cannot find good cooking chocolate here!

10 The Purple Foodie November 2, 2011 at 1:41 am: Sorry! I’m talking about the eating chocolate that I sometimes used for baking.

11 The Flavor Carousel November 2, 2011 at 1:49 am

Thanks for the prompt reply .