Scrumptious Saturdays- Chocolate Coated Strawberries

This weeks scrumptious Saturday is chocolate coated strawberries! And yeah maybe today is Monday, but in my defence it's a long weekend here in Aussie-land so really it's practically still Saturday right?

RIGHT?

Anyway on with the recipe!

Fruit dipped in chocolate. Is there really anything better than melted chocolate? On a recent trip to Japan, I stopped by this restaurant that had it's own chocolate fountain and people were dipped everything from strawberries to bread sticks in there! Everything truly does taste better with warm chocolate. With that in mind heres a recipe for chocolate coated strawberries, a simple yet classic dish!

And because it's got strawberries in it, it's got to be healthy!

Right?

Chocolate dipped heaven

Prep time: about 5 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• Strawberries
• 150g Chocolate melts
• Toothpicks.
• Optional- styrofoam board

Rinse the strawberries. With the tops still attached poke a toothpick gently into the tops of the strawberries.

In a double boiler, melt about 100-150 grams of chocolate melts. When the chocolate is just melted remove from the heat.

Dip the strawberries into the chocolate until just covered, then remove and stick in the styrofoam board. (I find sticking the tops of the toothpicks into the frozen ice at the bottom of the freezer works really well if you don't have a board- another excuse to put off defrosting the freezer! )

Place in the freezer for a few minutes or until the chocolate is set

And voila, a little slice of heaven.

x x 

Alexa.

Scrumptuous Saturdays

While fashion is most definitely my passion, amazing food is also something that really gets my heart pumping. Like finding the last pair of Louboutins in your size, some dishes just cannot be topped, which is why I'm starting Scrumptuous Sundays to share with my lovely readers the food that has been making my tastebuds tingle this week. Whether you've never stepped foot in the kitchen, or are a Master Chef in training, these recipes are super delicious with minimal work required.


Sometimes a lazy weekend calls for something special but also instantly gratifying. Thankfully these cupcakes are the answer! They can essentially be made from whatever you have lying around in the cupboard, and at only 17 minutes cooking time, you can eat them almost as soon as those cravings hit <3 

Chocolate and Orange Liqueur Cupcakes

Makes: 15 Cupcakes
Prep time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 17 mins
Adapted from Mocha Chocolate Cupcakes in Cupcake Heaven

Ingredients:
250g Dark Chocolate
150g Butter Chopped
200g Caster Sugar
3 Large Eggs
75g Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
3 tbsp Orange Liqueur (I used Grande Marnier)
4 tbsp Orange Essence
10 tbsp Cocoa Powder
Orange Marmalade and Cream to serve

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees. Grease or line 15 muffin tins.

Break the chocolate into pieces and place it and the butter into a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water and heat until the butter and chocolate have melted. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

Stir in the sugar, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder, then fold them into the chocolate mixture. Stir in the orange liqueur and orange essence.

Spoon the mixture into the cups and bake for 17 minutes or until just hardened on top. Remove from the cups and cool on a wire rack. Serve warmed with orange marmalade and cream.