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Vegan Jager Bomb Cupcakes: Round Two

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Vegan Jager Bomb Cupcakes

Some of you have probably already seen my first attempt at these cupcakes. I made these as a birthday present for one of my friends who has is obsessed with Jager Bombs. He even introduced me to the concept about a year ago, and ever since, we always have one if we’re out in a night club (Which is not that often anymore, I guess I’m getting old. That, or because I’m broke most of the time ^_^).

The first time around: I though that the cupcake bun was too sweet, because I used the regular amount of sugar even though I swopped milk for Red Bull (packed with sugar). I also thought that the goo was rather dull, I used a green agar agar and found that it didn’t look too apatising against the dark cupcake. Finally, the creamy goo seperated when I added some red bull, giving it a shiny quality. With those aspects in mind, here are my
Ingredients:

Cupcake: Red Bull red&black Cupcakes
1 can Red Bull
1/4 cup of milk
1 1/4 cup plain Flour
1/3 cup sugar
Red and Black Food color

Jager Cream:
1/4 cup Jagermeisger
4 tablespoons Agar Agar
2/3 cup Soya Milk
1 tablespoon Cornflour
Green Fool Coloring

Butter Cream Frosting:
1/2 cup Margarine
1 1/2 cups Icing Sugar
Yellow Food Coloring

Directions:
Turn on the oven to Gas mark 3, and line bun tin with cases.
Pour the Red Bull into a cup and then top off with the soya milk. Whisk briskly in a large bowl. Add the sugar, then sift in the flour. Whisk until creamy. Split up the mixture into two separate bowls and add either red or black to each. Pour a bit of the red and black mixes into each case until it is half full. Put into the oven for 25 minutes or until a knife comes out clean

While the cupcakes are in the oven, you can make the Jager Cream. Put the milk into a pan and let the agar flakes soak for about 5 minutes. Turn on the heat at a low temperature and stir the mixture at intervals until the agar is nearly dissolved. Mix the cornflour with a small amount of soya milk until it forms a paste. Add this to the agar, and mix in well. Add the Jagermeister. At this stage you may wish to taste the Jager Cream to see if you want to add more Jagermeister. Mix well with the green food coloring and leave aside to cool. I found that there were usually a few bits of undissolved cornflour when I made this, so I sifted it into a second bowl to cool.

Once the cupcakes are done, take them out of the oven and leave them to cool. They must be completely cool before you top them with the butter cream.

Red Bull red&black Cupcakes

To make the butter cream, mix the icing sugar and margarine until it forms a stiff consistency. You may add more sugar or margarine to suit your own taste. Mix well with the food coloring.

Production of the Jager Bomb Cupcakes

When the cupcakes are cool, poke a small hole in the top of each and use a teaspoon to fill with Jager Cream. Then pipe the icing on top. Try not to start your icing right over the Cream, because it will not stick correctly to the cupcake.

Insides of Vegan Jager Bomb Cupcakes

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cups

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Reeses cups used to be one of my favourite sweets before I went vegan. At first I used to have cravings for milk chocolate products like Toffy Crisps and Starbars, and other such tasty badness.
Peanutbutter Cups
Now that I have gotten over my addictions to those things, I usually crave something savory instead, or satiate my need for sweet things with home-made buns. But I still oogle the Reeses cups in the shops, so I had to try and make something similar. There are dozens of recipes on the internet, so I just took the basic ingredients available to me and tasted as I went along. I don’t recommend this method to you although. I felt quite ill after consuming far too much cooking chocolate, sugar and peanut butter! Anyways, on to the recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 1 bar dark cooking chocolate
  • 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup sifted icing sugar
  • 4 teaspoons soya butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions:
Melt the chocolate in the microwave or in a bowl over a pot of boiling water
Meanwhile, mix the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl. It should form a stiff texture that is mailable with your hands, and doesn’t leave them sticky.

Peanutbutter Cups

I recently bought some silicone bun cases in Dunnes Stores. They’re a great product, suitable for the oven, microwave and freezer.

  • Line these with a teaspoon or two of the melted chocolate
  • Roll a ball of the peanut butter mix in your hand, and smooth it out into a cylindrical shape that will fit into your case
  • Pop it into the case, and top with more melted chocolate.
  • Put into the freezer until nice and hard
  • Serve with a cup of tea, you’ll need it to wash down the chocolaty peanuty goodness

Peanutbutter Cups