On Sunday we had Easter tea and cakes followed by an Easter egg hunt in the garden! For the next few days I will be sharing with you my Easter recipes and then it is on to pastures new! I hope you enjoy the recipes and can use them for other occasions too!
This Easter I decided to make gluten free banana and choc chips cupcakes, with a white chocolate buttercream piped nest sprinkled with coconut, adorned with fondant flowers and filled with a handmade chocolate egg. They went down a treat and I will definitely be making them again. They were super moist and had just the right amount of banana versus choc chips. The ultimate compliment was that I was told they didn't taste gluten free!
Gluten free banana chocolate chip cupcakes (makes 24 cupcake size cakes)
Ingredients
- 125g (4.5 ounces) butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 150g (5.2 ounces) caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 225g (8 ounces) gluten free self-raising flour
- 60 ml semi skimmed milk
- 100g (3.5 ounces) 40 % milk chocolate chips
- 2 fresh bananas, chopped
Cooking instructions
- Preheat oven to 160-180 deg C (325-350 deg F)
- Line and grease tin
- Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until the mixture turns a pale colour
- Beat in eggs, flour, milk and vanilla extract
- Fold in the dark choc chips and chopped banana
- Pipe batter into cases
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cakes bounce back when lightly pressed
- Place cakes on a wire rack to cool
White chocolate buttercream (for 24 cupcake size cakes)
Ingredients
- 225g (1 cup) white butter, softened
- 225g (8 oz) white chocolate drops
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 110g (1 cup) icing sugar (powdered sugar)
Method
- Melt white chocolate
- Whip butter until light and fluffy
- Add melted chocolate to whipped butter
- Beat in icing sugar and salt
To decorate (for 24 cupcake sized cakes)
- Ingredients
- White chocolate butter frosting
- Desiccated coconut
- Chocolate eggs
- Fondant flowers
For instructions on how to make fondant flowers click here
Instructions
- Fill piping bag with the white chocolate frosting and pipe in a swirl on top of cakes to resemble a nest
- Place one chocolate egg in centre of icing
- Place three fondant flowers on outside edge of piped nest
- Sprinkle with desiccated coconut
Hope you all had a great Easter!