Chocolate Cupcakes – Gluten Free, Dairy Free

What you need:

• 125 g grass fed butter
• 1 cup rapadura sugar (200g)
• 100gms dark chocolate, chopped
• ½ cup hot water
• 2 tbsp coffee liqueur (for the kids party we used Crio Bru roasted cacao beans)
• ¾ cup gluten free plain flour
• 2 tbsp gluten free SR flour
• 2 tbsp raw cacao powder (20g)
• 1 egg, beaten

What to do:

1. Preheat oven to 180°c.
2. Line a 12 hole muffin pan with patty pans.
3. In a saucepan combine butter, sugar, chocolate, water and liqueur.
4. Transfer mixture to a bowl and cool for 10 mins.
5. Sift flours and cocoa together.
6. Fold into chocolate mixture and stir in egg.
7. Spoon into patty pans until 2/3 full
8. Bake for 25 mins until cooked when tested with a skewer.
9. Cool in pan for 5 mins.
10. Transfer to rack and cool completely