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Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes

This recipe allows you to enjoy a delicious brownie-style combination of melting fudgy texture and cake, with the distinct flavours of chocolate and chestnut purée.

41K 6 4.7

Last modified on: January 31^th 2016

Keywords for this recipe:Cake Small Soft Chestnut purée Pastry

For 6 pieces, you will need:

0 300 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
1 2 eggs
2 30 g flour
3 50 g butter
4 50 g dark chocolate
Total weight: 530 grams

Change these quantities to make: 2 pieces 3 pieces 6 pieces 12 pieces 18 pieces

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
13 min.	40 min.	53 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #1

Put 300 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) and 2 eggs into a mixing bowl.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #2

Mix thoroughly with a whisk.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #3

Add 30 g flour and mix again.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

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Melt 50 g butter and 50 g dark chocolate in a bain-marie and mix well.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

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Pour the melted butter and chocolate into the bowl and mix well.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

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Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Divide the mixture between individual cupcake (or muffin) moulds or tins.

Stage 7 - 35 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #7

Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes (check to see if it is cooked ).

Eat cold or warm, if you prefer.

Remarks

For a more luxurious version, add broken pieces of marrons glacés and a tablespoonful of whisky to the mixture.

You can bake this in a single spring-form tin instead of as small cakes.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,724 Kcal or 7,218 Kj	20 gr	255 gr	70 gr
86 %	8 %	24 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
325 Kcal or 1,361 Kj	4 gr	48 gr	13 gr
16 %	1 %	5 %	2 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
287 Kcal or 1,202 Kj	3 gr	43 gr	12 gr
14 %	1 %	4 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 pieces : 4.02 €
Per piece : 0.67 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Chestnut cake, Chestnut moelleux, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sauce Normande (for fish), Spinach Mornay, Fruit crémeux, Warm salad of potatoes and purple artichokes, Moist cereal bars, ... All
	Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mug cake, Chocolate mousse, Paris flan filling, Chocolate ganache, Chocolate Chantilly , ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Saucipain, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Nantes Tourton, Cheese Soufflé, ... All

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