Receta Molten Lava Chocolate Cupcakes & Cake – Virtual Bridal Shower for Nelly
If marriages are made in heaven so are prized friendships! This post of mine reinforced my belief in the said statement, with some cherished friends in my booty Want to know more…well this is how it happened. A good blogger friend Nelly is getting married across the country and I wish I could organize a virtual party for her.
The number of attendees increased rapidly with the news of virtual wedding shower for Nelly spreading like wild fire on Twitter. Our mail boxes got inundated with cc mails from all the members. I almost went crazy editing the group list with new members and briefing about the party each time a new member joined. And as Nelly announced her wedding dates just a few days back in her tweets, time was the biggest constraint for all of us.We had just a couple of days to decide upon the course of action, menu, logo, hashtags, time, spreadsheet, write up and blog hopping to be precise.
A few good Samaritans helped designing a logo, writing a small introduction post and in giving technical assistance to the group. My heart felt thanks to all of them and to all the wonderful blogger friend in the group who kept the spirit alive with occasional puns and jokes
The Virtual Bridal Shower is alive today!
“And …I said YESSSSS!”
It happened one November midnight, in Twitterverse, we saw this tweet from our dear Nelly @nella22. Without missing a beat, we all knew Nelly had “said YES” to her beloved “M”,as she sweetly calls Brian Murray, her fiancé.
So here we are,Nelly dear, your friends in the food world, wishing you and Brian,all the best. And with our wishes, a simple recipe with an easy formula for a life of bliss, rich with EVERYTHING in it!
BLOGGERS RECIPE FOR NELLY ‘S WEDDED BLISS
Mix together: A lot of Love, Patience, Perseverance, Respect, Courage, Strength, Trust, Kindness, Honesty, Compromise & Great Sex.
Stir in : Equal Parts of Love, Support, Faith, Fidelity, Hope, Validation, Friendship, Forgiveness, Communication.
Cook over slow simmer for the rest of your life. Dot daily with a Sense of Humor.
Leave out the nagging, sarcasm, skepticism, doubts and stubbornness.
Serving Suggestions: Best prepared daily. Serve with flourish because Married Life is a FEAST. Live it with flavor, spice it with unconditional love, enjoy its richness.
Recipe Notes: Some ingredients won’t always be fresh or available. Or the heat may flare up and the anger spills over. Simmer down and douse the flames with all the LOVE you can throw in.
Enjoy the feast of marriage, love and life!
(Written by : Elizabeth @Mango_Queen)
My Treats to the Virtual Bridal Shower for Nelly
Celebrations, friends, good times…what comes to your mind, Desserts? A giant Chocolate Mountain with creamy Nutella river flowing across a garden of mouth watering goodies…Huh..too much for one who is not blessed with a sweet tooth I overheard. But I love to bake goodies & make deserts and get a sense of contentment sharing them with family & friends.
And no second thoughts to bring this dessert for a girl who loves her coffee, chocolate and Nutella more than her boy This Coffee & Nutella molten lava cupcakes is my virtual treat for this wonderful friend of mine.
1. Coffee & Nutella Molten Lava Cupcakes
Coffee & Nutella molten lava cake
Easy to assemble and bake these goodies look rich and exotic when served and are bang on impressing your guests any time. Unlike the usual molten lava cakes these are firm with gooey lava inside. I often feel the traditional lava cakes are under baked tasting more like eating the batter. These tiny cupcakes do have a gooey inside but are fully baked. I baked another chocolate molten lava cake which has all the features of free flowing lava from inside.
assembly line..
Ingredients;
(makes 15 or more small cupcakes)
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp. yogurt/curd
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tbsp. Nutella
- 2 tbsp. chocolate chips/sprinkles
- 1 tbsp. cherries in sugar syrup (optional)
- 2 tsp. coffee powder
- 1/2 tp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
Method; Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder twice. Beat sugar and oil in a vessel till sugar is dissolved. Add yogurt and milk in it and beat it again.
Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold it lightly to make smooth batter.
Mix Nutella, coffee powder and cherries in sugar syrup in a small vessel.
Preheat oven at 190°C for 10 minutes.
Arrange cupcake liners in a muffin tray.
Pour a little batter in the liner, just to coat the base of it. Add a tsp of Nutella mix, a few chocolate chips on the batter and cover it with some more batter. Do the same for all the cupcakes.
Bake the cupcakes at 190°C for 9-10 minutes or till done. Take the tray out and let it cool.
Dust the Nutella & Coffee molten lava cupcakes with powder sugar and serve. these goodies will have a gooey center but firm base and top.
Notes;
I added a little mixed fruit preserve instead of cherries with syrup.
Replace APF with wholewheat flour for healthier option.
Coffee in the filling makes it slightly bitter, avoid it if you are making the cupcakes for children.
These cupcakes also need to be slightly under-baked to get that gooey center.
2. Chocolate Molten Lava Cake
rise-rise..baby..Oozing chocolate..
Ingredients;
(Adapted from here)
1/2 cup Chocolate
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup All purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp. yogurt/curd
1 tsp. coffee powder (optional)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Method; Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler (keep the vessel of chocolate & butter over another vessel filled with hot water). Beat sugar and yogurt till sugar is dissolved and it forms a ribbon like pattern when dropped.
Add baking powder & coffee powder to the flour and mix well.
Sunken beauty..
Preheat the oven at 190°C for 10 minutes.
Pour both the wet ingredients of sugar and chocolate mix in the dry ingredients and fold it lightly.
Grease small Ramekins with butter and pour little batter in each.
Bake the cake at 190°C for 6-7 minutes till the sides are firm but the center look slightly wobbly. Take out of the oven and serve. You can invert the chocolate molten cakes on serving dish, dust with powder sugar and pour chocolate sauce for a royal treat.
Notes;
I increased the flour a little in the recipe.
Increase the yogurt quantity by 1 tbsp. if you like gooey and runny center.
The molten cake will rise first while baking and will sunk as soon as you take it out of the oven, since it has more liquid content.
Moments of delight, serve the cake with more chocolate sauce!
And yes, I did not forget our Banana love Nelly, am bringing a Banana Cake as well for your shower. Wish we could share our dishes with you in person. Congrats to both of you, enjoy the moments and treasure the memories for life. Sending you love & happiness from my family to yours.
Special thanks to Heather for the logo, Elizabeth for the intro write up and to Junia for the spreadsheet. Don’t forget to check out what the other wonderful food bloggers brought with them in this virtual wedding shower party. Thanks everyone for making this online event happen, love you all!