The girls in Sex and the City love a cupcake and now you can as well because they not only look great, but they’re good for you too. Makes: 12 Preparation time: 15mins Cooking time: 20mins Per Serving: Fat - 9g Cals - 170 Carbs - 20g Ingredients: 25g stoned, soft, dried prunes 1 egg 125ml skimmed milk 50ml vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla extract 20 tbsp granulated Canderel 125g plain flour 25g cocoa powder 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 15g dark chocolate, finely chopped For the frosting: 100g dark chocolate 3 tbsp granulated Canderel 175g quark cheese
Method: Heat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Place the prunes in a food processor along with the egg, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract. Whiz until smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the processor and process until just combined. Then stir in the chocolate. Line a 12 hole bun tin with cake cases. Divide the mixture between the cases. Cook in the oven for 15mins or until cooked through. Leave to cool. To make the topping, place the chocolate in a small bowl. Set this over a pan of boiling water (making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water) and leave to melt. Take off the pan and leave to cool for 10 mins. Mix together the Canderel and quark, then stir in the chocolate. Pipe or use a knife to swirl a little chocolate frosting over each cup cake and serve. Recipe from Canderel www.canderel.co.uk