Čokoladni muffini s karamelo in beljakovo kapico / Chocolate muffins with caramel and meringue frosting

Tisti dan sem se spravila delat karamelne bonbončke. Mehko karamelo. Pa ni uspelo. In tako sem ostala s celo posodo mehke tekoče karamele. Nastalo je tole: čokoladni muffinčki s kapicami. Sami muffini so bili malenkost suhi, naslednjič bom najverjetneje uporabila drug recept, karamela je fina, mehka in seveda precej sladka, prava kalorična bomba. Najbolje je najprej narediti karamelo in potem vse ostalo :). Če jo slučajno kaj ostane, jo lahko porabite pri palačinkah, pitah, piškotih ...

 

Za muffine:
(recept prilagojen iz tu)

100 g masla
50 g temne čokolade
2 žlici jogurta
120 g sladkorja (jaz sem dala 50 g rjavega)
3 jajca
1 žlica (grenkega) kakava v prahu
100 g moke
ščep vanilije
1 žlička pecilnega praška

Pečico ogrejemo na 180°C. Moko in pecilni prašek presejemo.

V kozici stopimo čokolado in maslo ter damo na stran, da se malenkost pohladi. Jajca in sladkor penasto umešamo, dodamo jogurt, žlico kakava, vanilijo in stopljeno čokolado. Premešamo in nato dodamo še moko s pecilnim praškom.
Nadevamo v pekač za muffine in pečemo približno 15 minut na 180C.(če ne uprabljate papirčkov za mufine, namažite pekač z maslom)

Pečenim in ohlajenim mufinom v vrhnji del zarežemo kapico (stožec), ga malenkost prirežemo, nadevamo s karamelo in pokrijemo nazaj. Z dresirno vrečko nabrizgamo kapice in po želji dekoriramo s karamelo, čokolado in lešniki.

Karamela
(recept)

380 g kondenziranega mleka
70 ml mleka
300 g rjavega sladkorja
110 g masla
vanilija
1/2 žličke začimb za piškote (cimet, klinčki)

V kozico damo kose masla in jo pristavimo na kuhalnik na srednje visoko temperaturo. V kozico dodamo sladkor, vanilijev ekstrakt, mleko in kondenzirano mleko. Vse skupaj s kuhalnico dobro premešamo in kuhamo tako dolgo, da se maslo in sladkor raztopita ter dobimo gladko in tekočo zmes. Med kuhanjem nenehno mešamo, da se zmes ne oprime dna. Ko se maslo raztopi, mešamo še 15 minut.

Kozico odstavimo in zmes mešamo še 10 minut, nato pa jo vlijemo stekleno posodo. Zmes ohladimo (jaz sem jo čez noč pustila v hladilniku).

Za beljakove kapice:
(sposojen od tu)

4 beljaki
100 g sladkorja
ščep vinskega kamna

Vzamemo posodo v katero nalijemo vodo in nanjo postavijo ognjevarno posodo, v katero smo dali zgoraj navedene sestavine - beljake, sladkor in vinski kamen. Nad soparo zmes mešamo približno 5 minut oz. dokler se sladkor ne stopi.
Zmes prestavimo v drugo posodo (lahko pa, če je primerna, ostane v isti) in miksamo okoli 8-10 minut. Tako se lepo ohladi in je primerne konsistence.

Chocolate muffins with caramel and meringue frosting

(adapted from here)

100 g butter

100 g chocolate

3 eggs
pinch of vanilla

120 g sugar
2 tbsp yogurt

1 tbsp cocoa powder

100 g flour

1 tsp baking powder

Heat oven to 180°C.

Mix butter and chocolate in a saucepan and melt on the hob. When melted set aside.

Whip eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add yogurt, cocoa powder, vanilla and melted chocolate. Mix briefly. Add flour with baking powder and stir. Put the dough into muffin tins and bake in the pre-heated oven for 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the muffins comes out clean.

Caramel:

(adapted from here)

380 g condensed milk

70 ml milk

300 g brown sugar

110 g butter

vanilla 

1/2 teaspoon spices (cinnamon, cloves)

In a saucepan melt the butter. Add sugar, vanilla, condensed milk and plain milk. Stir with a wooden spoon until sugar is dissolved. Stir constantly while cooking, approx. 15 minutes. The mixture should thicken.

Set aside and mix for another 10 minutes. Cool (I left mine in refrigerator overnight)

Meringue

(recipe here)

4 egg whites

100 g sugar

pinch of cream of tartar

In the top bowl of a double boiler (glass bowl sitting on a sauce pan with simmering water), whisk together egg whites, sugar and cream of tarter. Cook mixture in the double boiler over medium low heat for 3-5 minutes, or until sugar has dissolved.  If you rub the mixture between your fingers, you should be able to tell if the sugar has dissolved.

Transfer the mixture to your kitchen aid fitted with the whisk attachment.  Whisk on high for 7-10 minutes.  The mixture will cool and froth into a thick meringue as it whips.  

Assemble:

Cut out a cone from each cupcake. Flip the cone and cut off the excess. Fill each with caramel filling and replace each top. Decorate with caramel, hazelnuts, chocolate.