LINDOR Surprise Chocolate Cupcakes
Take your classic cupcake recipe to the next level by adding a hidden melting LINDOR chocolate centre. Perfect for any occasion.
Chocolatier’s Tip
You can make your own buttermilk by adding 1 tbsp of lemon juice or white wine vinegar to 250 ml milk. Leave to stand for 10 minutes. You can ring the changes by trying different flavours of LINDOR - try our LINDOR Coconut for a tropical twist or LINDOR Hazelnut for an irresistibly nutty combination. Head to our Online Shop to find out more (don’t forget to check out Pick & Mix too!).
Lindt LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles 337g
Easy
12 people
Ingredients
- For the cupcakes:
- 160 g plain flour
- 50 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch of salt
- 2 large eggs
- 125 ml sunflower oil
- 225 g caster sugar
- 50 g soft light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 250 ml buttermilk (see Tip)
- 100 g Lindt EXCELLENCE 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate, roughly chopped
- 12 LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffles, unwrapped (see Tip)
- For the buttercream:
- 100 g Lindt EXCELLENCE 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate, chopped
- 115 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 25 g cocoa powder, sifted
- 185 g icing sugar, sifted
- 2 tbsp double cream
Lindt Chocolate In This Recipe
Method
Step 1.
Preheat the oven to 180C/160 Fan/Gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases and set aside.
Step 2.
Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt, then set aside.
Step 3.
In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, oil and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract.
Step 4.
Add the dry ingredients in batches, alternating with the buttermilk. Mix well to combine.
Step 5.
Fold in the chopped chocolate until evenly distributed through the mix.
Step 6.
Spoon into the prepared cases until ¾ full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. While still warm, press an unwrapped LINDOR Milk Chocolate Truffle into the centre of each cupcake. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.
Step 7.
For the chocolate buttercream: put the chopped chocolate into a heat-proof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and leave to cool completely.
Step 8.
Beat the butter until pale and fluffy. Beat in the cooled melted chocolate until smooth. Beat in the cocoa powder and icing sugar, followed by the cream, until you have a smooth buttercream. Cover and chill for 10 to 15 minutes until thick enough to pipe.
Step 9.
Spoon into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and pipe swirls onto the cupcakes.
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