Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes!

Moist & Delicious Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Frosting!

So I have posted a few Gluten-Free recipes now, but I have had oodles of requests for a Chocolate Cupcake/Cake one! I obviously thought it was time to oblige (and I had a request from my friend) soooo hello new recipe! I sort of went along the lines of my Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes and used the tactic of Custard Powder. And it worked! YUM!

Now, if you haven’t seen my Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes recipe, I use the Birds Eye Custard Powder as it lightens the texture, but binds it better. This is because I find that regular recipes where they have just been swapped for gluten free flour are quite crumbly and can be dry, and the custard powder stops this! And don’t worry, you can’t taste custard. The Birds Eye one is made with Maize/Corn Flour so its safe for Coeliacs, but its always best to check as I don’t know what it’ll be like in other countries for example. However, if you can’t access custard powder, the cupcakes are still delicious without the powder – I just prefer them with!

I decided to try something a little different with the frosting, and was inspired by my Christmas Yule Log recipe, as it uses real chocolate in the frosting, compared to cocoa powder. If you don’t want to use real chocolate, then my Chocolate Cupcakes recipes use cocoa powder! Either way, this is delicious. I LOVE using dark chocolate in my cupcakes – using the butter and sugar lightens it so it doesn’t taste like dark chocolate at all, its just delicious, sweet and creamy. Yum.

I personally use Doves Farm Gluten-Free flour as its available in most supermarkets at a relatively cheap price! I have heard that there are better ones, but quite frankly I just can’t afford to spend so much on flour – and to me, these are just as tasty like this! Enjoy!

This recipe makes 12 cupcakes!

Ingredients

Cupcakes
– 180g Unsalted Butter, Softened
– 180g Caster Sugar
– 3 Large Free Range Eggs, beaten
– 150g Gluten-Free Self Raising Flour
– 30g Cocoa Powder
– 50g Custard Powder (I used Bird’s Eye)
– 1/2tsp Vanilla Bean Extract
– 2tbsp Whole Milk

Chocolate Frosting
– 100g Dark Chocolate, melted & cooled.
– 125g Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature
– 225g Icing Sugar

Decoration
– SO MANY SPRINKLES

Method

1) Preheat your oven to 170C/160CFan and Line a 12 Hole Muffin Tray with Large Cupcake Cases/Muffin Cases – leave to one side for now.

2) Cream together the Butter and Caster Sugar with an electric beater till smooth – add in the Beaten Eggs, Gluten-Free Self-Raising Flour, Cocoa Powder, Custard Powder & Vanilla and beat again for about about 20-30 seconds on a Medium Speed – it really doesn’t take too long, you don’t want to overheat the mixture! Add any whole milk if the mixture is too stiff so its a good cupcake consistency.

3) Spoon into your Cases (Use a cookie/ice-cream scoop so that the cupcakes are even!) and Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes (I baked mine for 17 minutes) or until cooked through! Leave to cool on a wire rack.

4) To Make the Frosting – Melt your chocolate over a double boiler, or in the microwave in short bursts in a microwave safe bowl, leave to cool. Beat the softened Butter until smooth – this can take a couple of minutes. Add in the Icing Sugar and beat till the butter and sugar well until it is combined making sure the sugar is fully incorporated until moving on!

5) Once all of the Sugar is in the Frosting mix, keep on beating the Frosting but add the cooled and melted chocolate into the mix and beat again for a few minutes until light and fluffy! I use my KitchenAid for Frostings as the machine can make it so much lighter and fluffier!

6) Decorate your cupcakes how you like (I use lots and lots of sprinkles!) – and ENJOY!

Tips and Ideas

I buy my Cupcakes Cases from Iced Jems – here!

I use Doves Farm Gluten-Free flours for my day-to-day GF baking as its more readily available then other more expensive (and better ones). You can also buy cheaper ones, but I’d recommend this brand if you can find it, as its the best supermarket one that I have found!

If you are GF you will already know this – but if you are baking for anyone else who is GF, then check the ingredients on everything you use, most Custard Powders are GF as far as I am aware – they tend to use maize/corn flour which is safe!

These Cupcakes will last in an airtight container for 2-3 days!

ENJOY!

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