Gluten Free Chocolate and Orange Mini Cupcakes

Written by Bunmi. Monday, March 12th, 2012

So…… Along with a group of other gluten free peops, I was set a challenge by the lovely @GlutenFreek to create a recipe.  Not just any recipe, but a recipe with the main ingredient being oranges.  The recipe also had to be gluten and dairy free and could not include nuts.    I spent lots of time thinking about what to make and found my brain full of interesting and exciting meal possibilities.

I love a challenge and was actually planning on making a whole come dine with me style meal variation.  Unfortunately due to a lack of time, I was unable to make every meal so opted for something that I knew would be quick and easy to make.

Gluten Free Chocolate and Orange Cupcakes

It’s a simple recipe that takes little time and cooks in minutes.

You’ll need the following ingredients and items-

1. 120g dark chocolate.
2. 120g butter (Can also use dairy free margarine or butter
3. 150g caster sugar.
4. 80g cocoa powder.
5. 3 eggs, beaten.
6. One Orange skin zest
7. 1-teaspoon vanilla extract.
8. Silver Spoon Jelly Orange cupcake decorations
9. Grease a cup cake tin, and dust with cocoa powder.

Method

• Melt the dark chocolate and butter together on a low heat.
• Remove from heat, and stir in caster sugar, cocoa powder, eggs and vanilla. Ensuring that the mixture is stirred until smooth.
• Grate the zest of one whole orange and add it to the mixture and stir in.
• Slice the orange in half and squeeze the juice of one half of the orange into the mixture and again stir in.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared cup cake tin.  The mixture can make up to 12 cupcakes.

Cooking and Serving

 

• Bake the cupcakes in the preheated oven at 150 degrees for 15 minutes or until cooked through.
• Allow it to cool in pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a suitable rack or plate.
• Leave to cool before serving.
• Once cooled add orange decorations for aesthetics.
• Eat and Enjoy!

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