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My daughter saw the ingredients for these Sinterklaas cupcakes with chocolate letter frosting on the counter. She was immediately interested because yes chocolate, cupcakes it's like magic. Although I am not a great baker at all, making a cupcake is not that complicated. So I dare to venture here. The frosting recipe is a nice basic recipe. You can use both dark and milk chocolate for this. I understand if you don't have any "leftover" chocolate letters... Because here at home those things also go up in one go! A regular chocolate bar can therefore also be used perfectly. We will stick to the Sinterklaas theme because of the gingerbread spices in the cupcakes. baking cupcakes sinterklaas recipe
Sinterklaas cupcakes with chocolate letter frosting
The gingerbread spices that we use to make the cupcake are not actually spices. How then you may ask. That's because they are mainly spices. These have a more intense flavor than herbs. They are made from other parts of the plant, such as the roots, bark or seed.
This gives the Sinterklaas cupcakes with chocolate letter frosting a delicious and unique taste experience. You can simply taste the rich aromas and characteristic spices that make these cupcakes so special. So, if you're looking for a culinary adventure full of flavorful pleasures, these cupcakes are definitely for you!
The frosting recipe is therefore a nice basic recipe that you can certainly use for other tasty baking! Do you want some variation in that? For example, add some spices or herbs here. You can also use other types of chocolate. Enough options.
Sinterklaas cupcakes with chocolate letter frosting
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- 125 gram butter
- 125 gram self-raising flour
- 125 gram granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon gingerbread spices
- 2 eggs - (m) room temperature
- 3 tablespoons milk - room temperature
For the ganache:
- 50 gram white caster sugar
- 60 gram chocolate letter
- 200 gram cream cheese
- 75 gram butter
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And this is how you make it:
- Preheat your oven to 200 degrees.
- Take your muffin tin and put the paper muffin tins in it.
- In a bowl, beat the butter with the sugar and gingerbread spices for a few minutes with a hand mixer.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated.
- Fold in the self-raising flour and milk and make sure everything is well mixed.
- Scoop the batter into the molds with an ice cream scoop or spoon. You get 12 from this batter.
- Bake them for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Then let them cool.
To make the ganache:
- Take a pan and add the butter and chocolate. Melt over a low heat and stir in the sugar.
- In a bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy, pour in the chocolate mix and mix it all together. Then put it in a piping bag.
- If you keep it in the fridge it will stiffen up quite a bit. So take it out before use.
- Pipe a few tasty swirls on the cupcakes.
- Delicious bites!
Bake other tasty things? Sure, try this one:
This no bake cashew chocolate brownies are very tasty.
Also very nice, homemade sugared donuts.
Super easy this one soft Sicilian amaretti biscuits.
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Fun to make with the kids
yummy!