Not a single sweet tooth can refuse chocolate. This fragrant and incredibly tasty product is able to cheer up, give strength and relieve depression. Baking with chocolate is always attractive - you just want to treat yourself to a piece of cake, pie or cake. To enjoy the taste of chocolate, you can prepare a delicious cupcake decorated with almond flakes at home.
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You will need
- For a cupcake:
- - 125 g of dark chocolate (from 60% cocoa content);
- - 100 g butter;
- - 3 eggs (proteins separate from the yolks);
- - 100 g of powdered sugar (3 tablespoons separately);
- - 100 g of ground almonds;
- - a teaspoon of vanilla extract;
- - salt on the tip of a knife;
- - half a teaspoon of baking powder;
- - a quarter of a teaspoon of soda;
- For glaze and decoration:
- - 100 g of dark chocolate (from 70% cocoa content);
- - 30 g of butter;
- - 20-30 g of almond flakes.
Instruction manual
1
Preheat the oven to 190 ° C. Lightly grease the cake pan (approximately 23 by 13 cm) with butter and cover it with baking paper. Melt chocolate and butter in a microwave or in a water bath, mix until smooth, remove to the side.
2
In the bowl, mix the yolks with sugar (minus 3 tablespoons), add the vanilla extract and salt, beat until elastic foam. Add the cooled chocolate cream and ground almonds, mix until smooth.
3
In another cup, beat the whites to an elastic foam, add 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar and beat again.
4
Sift the flour with soda and baking powder into the chocolate mixture, mix gently and add beaten egg whites in three passes, kneading a uniform dough.
5
We spread the dough into the mold and send it to the oven for 35-40 minutes. The readiness of the chocolate muffin must be checked with a wooden toothpick.
6
When the cupcake has completely cooled down, prepare the icing for it: melt the chocolate and butter in a saucepan, mix and evenly distribute it over the cupcake. We use almond flakes as decoration.
