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Friday, October 17, 2008

Chocolate And Prune Cupcakes

After seeing this post on Lucullian Delights, I made a mental note to pick up some prunes during my next trip to the grocery store. I brought home a pack of prunes over the weekend and wasted no time in trying Ilva’s recipe out.

(Recipe adapted from here)

Ingredients:
(For approximately 6 cupcakes)
4 oz Hershey's baking chocolate
2 Tbsp butter
1 egg
¼ cup brown sugar
6 Tbsp all purpose flour
7-8 prunes, chopped
A pinch of salt

Method:
In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate and the butter. Mix well.

Whisk together the egg and sugar. Add to the slightly cooled chocolate-butter mixture and mix. Incorporate the flour into the batter and stir until smooth.

Toss in the chopped prunes and mix to bring everything together.

Spoon the batter into a muffin pan. (I used a 6-cup pan.)
Bake for 10 minutes or until set but still soft in the center. Serve warm.


Prunes are a fantastic addition to the recipe and the chocolate-prune combination was absolutely fabulous. In my opinion, the prunes helped to intensify the chocolate flavor. I know that I will be making this very often.
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27 comments:

  1. FinlaOctober 17, 2008 at 6:01 AM

    I always think prunes and chocolate go well together.
    This looks so yumm. Would love to have them for my coffee

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  2. RachelOctober 17, 2008 at 7:58 AM

    moist cupcakes....

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  3. LaavanyaOctober 17, 2008 at 8:00 AM

    I've read that prune sauce is a good butter substitute in chocolate based desserts... These look so moist & fabulous.

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  4. Valerie Harrison (bellini)October 17, 2008 at 9:08 AM

    Prunes probably made these muffins incredibly moist!!

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  5. SuganyaOctober 17, 2008 at 10:28 AM

    Hi...
    This is a very rich cup cake. Prunes make them as a healthy one. Nice pictures. YUM!

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  6. PG CakeCraftOctober 17, 2008 at 12:22 PM

    hi, just visited ur nice site and enjoyed reading ur posts & recipes.ur choc & prune cupcakes look so delish.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 17, 2008 at 12:48 PM

    the muffin..cupcake queen is back!!...that looks super chocolatey...

    rajitha

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  8. mitr_bayareaOctober 17, 2008 at 5:02 PM

    What a unique combo-chocolate and prunes, yummy, very mouth watering for a chocoholic like me.

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  9. Lisa TurnerOctober 17, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    I just ate but suddenly I am hungry again! What a fantastic recipe. I want to try this too.

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  10. test it commOctober 17, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    I would not have though to use prunes with chocolate but these look and sound really good!

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  11. UmaOctober 18, 2008 at 7:07 PM

    ooh, what a delicious cupcake! prune chocolate combo looks perfect.

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  12. Aparna BalasubramanianOctober 19, 2008 at 1:06 PM

    These look really good. Reminds me more of brownies than cupcakes.:)

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  13. anudivyaOctober 19, 2008 at 10:26 PM

    That looks so moist! Good job. Never had the prune and chocolate combination before...

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  14. amnaOctober 19, 2008 at 10:41 PM

    yummy pic! :)

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  15. delhibelleOctober 20, 2008 at 4:48 AM

    Fantastic!
    And it only took 2 Tbsp butter?

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  16. TinaOctober 20, 2008 at 10:55 PM

    Hai TBC, hey thanks for the comment..

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  17. UnknownOctober 22, 2008 at 12:20 AM

    Divine looking cake and prunes make the cake moist.Thanks for sharing the recipe and I have bookmarked it.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 22, 2008 at 2:27 PM

    These look so tasty :)!

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  19. TBCOctober 22, 2008 at 5:05 PM

    HC- it was the first time I was trying out this combination. I must say it tasted really very good.:)

    Rachel- yes, that it was ! :-)


    Laavanya- I too have heard that. I'm a bit hesitant to buy a whole jar to experiment with.
    These were really good. We're gonna have a potluck at work. I'm wondering whether I should make these...:-)

    Valli- yes, it did. And I loved the intense chocolatey flavor too.

    Sukanya- it was not loaded with calories. I did cut down on the butter and the eggs that were used in the original recipe. But it was still incredibly moist and tasty.:D

    Sweetbites- thanks for visiting!:)

    Rajitha- where are you??? you've become so lazy that u can't even log in!:-(
    Hey, did u catch the first episode of Giada's new show? ;-)

    Mitr- I'm a chocoholic too. But the husband does'nt care much for it. So that means there's more for me! ;-)

    Lisa- thank you.:)

    Kevin- it tasted really good too.:).I'm gald I came across Ilva's recipe.

    Uma- thank you! :-)

    Aparna- thanks.:)

    Nags- thanks.:D

    Rashmi- yes! The original recipe actually uses a little more. But I can never bring myself to add more than a certain amount.:D

    Tina- you are welcome! and that recipe is on my list now.:)

    Shibani- I hope you get a chance to try it out.:-)

    Sophie- thank you.:)

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  20. TBCOctober 22, 2008 at 5:07 PM

    Anudivya- almost didn't see you there! :-(
    Thank you.:-)

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  21. UnknownOctober 22, 2008 at 6:57 PM

    Heard prunes are storehouse of iron..Nice delicious n tempting.

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  22. YasmeenOctober 23, 2008 at 10:42 AM

    Prunes and chocolate pair looks sweet.I'm gonna give a try ,i bake a lot with chocolate:)

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  23. @the_whisk_affairOctober 23, 2008 at 11:20 AM

    look what i missed until now!! awesome looking cupcakes, TBC!

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  24. TBCOctober 24, 2008 at 8:00 PM

    Take a look at The Budding Cook

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  25. TBCOctober 24, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    Take a look at This

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  26. TBCOctober 24, 2008 at 8:06 PM

    Hey Ashwini,
    You might want to take a look at this.

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  27. TBCOctober 25, 2008 at 5:29 PM

    Divya, Yasmeen and JZ- thank you.:D

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