Served Dish

Warm Chocolate Cupcake with Raspberry Coulis

Sinful but irresistible

Serves:7
Preparation Time:10 minutes + 10 minutes baking
Preheat oven:180°C
Type of pan:7 individual silicon muffin molds
Raspberry Coulis
  • 500g raspberries
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • Lemon juice, to taste
  • In a small pan on med-low heat, cook raspberries, sugar and lemon juice until raspberries have almost disintegrated
  • Strain liquid, pressing with a spoon to force fruit and liquid through
  • Set coulis aside to use when cupcakes are baked
Cupcake Preparation
  • 100g dark chocolate, broken in pieces
  • 100g butter
  • Melt chocolate in a double boiler or "bains-marie" over med-low heat
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/6 cup of sugar
  • In a large bowl, whisk egg yolks, eggs and sugar until pale and thick
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 4 chocolate truffles,cut in 1/2
  • Stir melted chocolate into egg mixture
  • Whisk in flour until mixture is smooth
  • Fill moulds 2/3 full and place 1/2 of a truffle in each
  • Spoon mixture in each mould to cover truffle.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes, until sides are firm but center is still slightly soft
  • vanilla ice cream
  • fresh mint
  • fresh berries
  • To serve, turn out onto individual plates over top of a rasperry coulis
  • Place a scoop of ice cream beside cupcake
  • Place some mint and berries on plate for decoration