Caprese Cupcakes
Tidbits...A little fun version of Torta Caprese
Ingredients
- Dark Chocolate - 200 g
- Cocoa - 50 g
- Butter - 200 g
- Almonds - 250 g
- Large eggs - 4
- Brown sugar demera - 200 g
- Rum - 2 T
- Powdered Sugar - For top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚
- Melt chocolate with butter and let cool. Stir in cocoa.
- Toast almonds in oven for a few minutes. Grind to make almond flour with a few small pieces.
- Separate eggs and beat yolks with sugar until pale and thick.
- Stir chocolate butter mixture then almonds into yolks.
- With clean beaters whip whites with a pinch of salt until they form stiff peaks. Fold into mixture.
- Pour into 9" springform pan. (Use parchment on bottom and lightly spray sides.)
- Bake 15-20 minutes then remove from oven and let cool in pan.
- Sprinkle powdered sugar , cocoa and almonds overtop.
