Chocolate rose cupcakes

Mmmm chocolate. There is something about the smell of chocolate that is just so delicious. Today, whilst it was pouring rain outside, I spent my time in a warm kitchen making chocolate cupcakes. What a life!

Chocolate and roses just seem to go together so I decorated my cupcakes with glossy chocolate ganache (hint – always make extra to have with toast later – it is delicious!) and hand made fondant roses. Usually I colour my own fondant however this time I used a ready coloured one from Renshaw called fuchsia pink. Don’t you think the strong colour looks great against the dark chocolate?

If you haven’t made ganache before you really should give it a try. This is the recipe that I use and this amount should be enough to decorate 12 cupcakes.

100gm dark cooking chocolate

100ml of double cream

Break the chocolate into small pieces and put it in a heat proof bowl.

Heat the cream in a saucepan until small bubbles appear on the edges but don’t let it boil.

Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and let it stand for a couple of minutes.

Stir the mixture until it is lovely and glossy.

Spread the ganache over your cupcakes using the back of spoon.

Any left over ganache can be stored in the fridge for your toast the next day. Enjoy!