chocolate cupcakes, speculoos ganache
Ingredients :
- – For the speculoos paste:
- 200g speculoos biscuits
- 20 cl unsweetened condensed milk
- 1 level tablespoon of honey
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch of salt
- – For the cakes:
- 400 g of dark dessert chocolate
- 240g semi-salted butter
- 160g caster sugar
- 140g flour
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- – For the icing:
- 5 speculoos biscuits
- 250g soft butter
- 1 tablespoon(s) icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon speculoos cream
- 3 tbsp. tablespoon pink pralines
Preparation :
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1
Place the biscuits, condensed milk, honey, cinnamon and salt in the bowl of your mixer, mix and reserve your speculoos paste.
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2
Preheat the oven to 165°C.
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3
In a first bowl, mix the flour and the yeast. In a second bowl, beat the eggs with the powdered sugar until they whiten.
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4
In a saucepan, melt the chocolate in a bain-marie, then mix it with the previous preparation. Mix briskly before adding the butter, then incorporating the flour mixture.
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5
Arrange paper liners in muffin tins, then pour batter halfway up. Add a teaspoon of speculoos cream to the center of each mould, then cover with the batter. Place the mold on a baking rack and bake at medium height for 15 to 20 minutes of cooking. Let them cool to room temperature.
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6
In a bowl, beat the butter and icing sugar with an electric mixer until they whiten and add the speculoos cream. Fill a piping bag with a star-shaped tip with this preparation and garnish the cooled cakes.
Technical moves
Fill a piping bag
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7
Before serving your chocolate cupcakes, speculoos ganache, decorate each top with a few speculoos crumbs and a few pink pralines
Tips
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