Dad's chocolate drop cakes

Dad's chocolate drop cakes takes roughly 30 minutes from beginning to end. For 74 cents per serving, this recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 348 calories. This recipe serves 12. It works well as a side dish. 49 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires self-raising flour, eggs, golden brown sugar, and ground almonds. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 17%. This score is not so amazing. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Sticky chocolate drop cakes, Dad’s Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Dad’s Favorite Chocolate Angel Food Cake.

Servings: 12

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

100g chocolate (milk or dark)

3 eggs, beaten

175g golden caster sugar

100g ground almonds

140g icing sugar

150g pot natural yogurt

140g self-raising flour (swap 1 tbsp of flour for cocoa powder)

140g unsalted butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

Equipment:

muffin tray

oven

bowl

microwave

wire rack

spatula

Cooking instruction summary:

Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases and heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. In a jug, mix the yogurt, eggs and vanilla extract. Put the dry ingredients, plus a pinch of salt, into a large bowl and make a well in the middle.Add the yogurty mix and melted butter, and quickly fold in with a spatula or metal spoon – don’t overwork it. Spoon into thecases (they will be quite full) and bake for 18-20 mins or until golden, risen and springy to the touch. Cool for a few mins, then lift the cakes onto a wire rack to cool completely. Keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze as soon as possible.Chocolate frosting: Melt the chocolate in the microwave on High for 1½ mins, stirring halfway. Leave to cool. Beat the butter and icing sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Beat in the chocolate. Cover and chill for up to one month. Up to 48 hrs before serving (or the day before if it’s really hot), bring back to room temperature, then spread over the cakes. Put the chocolate buttons on. Keep cool, out of direct sunlight.

 

Step by step:


1. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases and heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas

2. In a jug, mix the yogurt, eggs and vanilla extract.

3. Put the dry ingredients, plus a pinch of salt, into a large bowl and make a well in the middle.

4. Add the yogurty mix and melted butter, and quickly fold in with a spatula or metal spoon – don’t overwork it. Spoon into thecases (they will be quite full) and bake for 18-20 mins or until golden, risen and springy to the touch. Cool for a few mins, then lift the cakes onto a wire rack to cool completely. Keep in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze as soon as possible.Chocolate frosting: Melt the chocolate in the microwave on High for 1½ mins, stirring halfway. Leave to cool. Beat the butter and icing sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Beat in the chocolate. Cover and chill for up to one month. Up to 48 hrs before serving (or the day before if it’s really hot), bring back to room temperature, then spread over the cakes.

5. Put the chocolate buttons on. Keep cool, out of direct sunlight.


Nutrition Information:

 

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