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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.

20,4454.6/5 for 5 ratings

Last modified on: January 31^th 2016

For 18 pieces, you will need:

1 900 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
2 6 eggs
3 90 g flour
4 150 g butter
5 150 g chocolate
Total weight: 1,590 grams

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Time required

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

Keeping:

Several days in an airtight tin.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #1

Put 900 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) and 6 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 90 g flour and mix again.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #4

Melt 150 g butter and 150 g chocolate in a bain-marie and mix well.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #5

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

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes : Photo of step #6

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.

Nutritional information

% 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 18 pieces : 16.35 €
Per piece : 0.91 €

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Source

Home made.

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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 moelleux, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Little Christmas biscuits, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Aperitif rolls, Crêpes Suzette, ... All
	Chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Chocolate sauce, Chocolate almond cookies, Chocolate mug cake, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cornmeal baps for Anne, How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Dublin fruit scones, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, ... All

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