Sunday, 11 April 2010

Chocolate Malted Cupcakes

*Warning, this post reveals I have truely terrible taste in books. And movies for that matter...

I have a terrible habit of baking up Sweet Melissa Sundays treats in advance, thinking myself oh so organised, and then promptly forgetting to take any snaps of them. And then what a shame! I have to bake them again... I swear I don't do it on purpose! (Ok, only sometimes do I do it on purpose). This week's sweet treat was one such occasion and I'm definitely not sorry I had to bake up these babies again!
malted chocolate cake
I first baked these a couple of weeks ago for a girls night in. It was the birthday of one of the girls from work - a girl I hold solely responsible for my love (ahem, obsession!) with a certain vampire romance series. In honour of this, the night was themed. Yep, we were a bunch of old ladies lusting after Edward and Jacob! We're that cool... But how to theme the food?? Everything red?! A little grim... Themed cupcakes to the rescue! Team Edward had red velvet cupcakes - an obvious choice. And Team Jacob? These deeply dark and delicious chocolate malted cupcakes. At the end of the night, everyone was Team Jacob, if only for the superior cupcake!
malted chocolate cake 2
This is a cake recipe used a fair bit throughout the Sweet Melissa Baking book, and an absolutely awesome recipe it is to. I used it in full layer cake form for one of JJ's two birthday cakes and it works equally well in cupcake form. I used 2/3 of the recipe and it yielded 16 good sized cupcakes. Half the icing recipe is mroe than sufficient for that many cupcakes - it's very sweet! Many thanks to Nicole of Sweet Tooth - amazing pick. And don't forget to head on over here to check out the other bakers' creations.

Rosy xx
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17 comments:

  1. Nina11 April 2010 at 22:44

    Adorable! My friend loves Twilight too, but I do not find anything too exciting about it. Perhaps this is due to the fact that I heard about the books in a negative tone in the beginning. I would totally be Team Jacob - for the cupcakes too! [well and the fact that Taylor is so much hotter than Robert.]

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  2. Rebecca11 April 2010 at 23:13

    Mmmm...they look amazing. I really love malt flavour, I should invest in some Ovaltine and embrace it.

    And er...please can I borrow the books?!

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  3. Julie12 April 2010 at 03:06

    Beautiful pictures!

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  4. Susan12 April 2010 at 03:29

    Fabulous looking cupcakes. I haven't read any of those books (I know, unthinkable!) but would be on Team Jacob just for the cupcakes! :)

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  5. Julia @Mélanger12 April 2010 at 05:38

    Malted chocolate is such a lovely combination. I use malt heavily in my winter chocolate puddings! :)

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  6. Chele12 April 2010 at 06:53

    Nothing wrong with your taste in movies or books - unless there is also something wrong with mine! On second thoughts, better not tale my world on that one lol.
    Cupcakes look great but I'm team Edward all the way ;0)

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  7. margot12 April 2010 at 07:02

    That sounds like a fun girls' night and the cupcakes look yummy! I pretty much always put off my baking group recipes until the last minute, but one of the few times I was ahead of schedule, I totally forgot to get photos.

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  8. rebecca12 April 2010 at 13:43

    They look lovely!

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  9. Unknown12 April 2010 at 16:45

    Mmm! Looks great, I feel like licking the frosting right off! =)

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  10. Mara Campbell13 April 2010 at 05:24

    Goooo Team Jacob!!! Oh wait, I just got distracted by Jacob...sorry. :-) Your cupcakes look delicious!

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  11. Gloria - The Ginger Snap Girl13 April 2010 at 06:17

    Rosy, I love your Twilight themed cupcakes! Normally I'm team Edward, but you're right, after tasting these cupcakes I would be forced to switch to team Jacob! Sounds like a blast. P.S. I checked out your Devil's food layer cake post....what a beauty!

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  12. Hanaâ14 April 2010 at 02:47

    What a perfect treat for a girls night. Your cupcakes look wonderful. I loved this choc cake recipe.

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  13. Katiecakes17 April 2010 at 10:58

    Haha, I love Twilight! I'm having a New Moon Blu-Ray night at mine for the girls and I think I might make these cupcakes for Team Jacob too. Team Edwards are on my blog, vanilla with strawberry jam :p

    Your cakes look lovely Rosy! So yummy.

    Katie xox

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  14. Candy18 April 2010 at 13:27

    Sorry I missed your post last week! Your cupcakes are beautiful and look delicious. Have a teenage daughter has been a great cover for my love of the Twilight books and movies!

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  15. Leslie18 April 2010 at 18:14

    What a fun evening! Your cupcakes look darling in their pink polk dotted wrappers!

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  16. Unknown19 April 2010 at 05:22

    Somehow I totally missed your post last week - sorry about that! Your cupcakes look wonderful and your girls' night sounds like a blast :) I still haven't seen Twilight but I have quite a few friends who are huge fans!

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  17. Baking is my Zen...sweet nibbles for the soul26 April 2010 at 19:45

    Very cute cupcake...

    I've missed several baking weeks due to a fundraiser bake sale I was involved with.
    But, I will be back baking in May.

    Carmen

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