Chocolate Cranberry Christmas Mini Cakes

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Yields1 Serving
 ¾ cup brown rice flour
 ½ cup quinoa flour
 ¼ cup arrowroot
 ¼ cup cacao powder
 1 tsp baking of soda
 ½ tsp baking powder
 pinch of sea salt
  cup maple syrup
  cup olive oil
 ¼ cup aquafaba
 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
 1 tsp vanilla
 ½ cup rice milk
Jam
 1 cup cranberries
 ¼ cup orange juice
 little orange zest
 1 tbsp maple syrup
 small cinnamon stick (optional)
 1 tbsp chia seeds
Coating
 3.50 oz dark chocolate
 Mona bulk chocolate
 60 ml rice milk
 1 tbsp maple syrup
 fresh or dried cranberries
1

Preheat the oven to 175°C (350F)

2

Line 9" x 9" baking tin with baking paper.

3

In a large bowl whisk together brown rice flour, quinoa flour, arrowroot, cacao, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

4

In a small bowl whisk together maple syrup, olive oil, aquafaba, apple cider vinegar, vanilla and rice milk.

5

Add the wet mix to the dry mix and mix until well combined. The mix should be pourable, but not too thin consistency.

6

Pour the mix into the prepared dish and smooth out the top.

7

Bake for about 20 minutes or until a cocktail stick comes out clean.

8

Remove from the oven once ready and leave to cool down before carefully removing from the tin.

9

Place onto a flat surface and using 2" round cutter carefully cut out shapes. You should end up with 11-12 shapes.

10

Sandwich 2 together with a generous dollop of cranberry jam.

11

Finely chop the chocolate and place into small bowl. Gently heat the rice milk until boiling point, pour over finely chopped chocolate and stir until completely smooth. Stir in maple syrup and pour over top of each of the cakes gently smoothing out the chocolate to drip over the edge.

12

Decorate with fresh cranberries.

13

To make the cranberry jam place cranberries, orange juice, maple syrup and cinnamon stick into a pot and gently heat for about 10 min until cranberries have popped and are soft. Remove the cinnamon stick and mash the cranberries with a fork until smooth. Stir in chia seeds and leave to cool down for a bit before transferring into fridge to set.

Ingredients

 ¾ cup brown rice flour
 ½ cup quinoa flour
 ¼ cup arrowroot
 ¼ cup cacao powder
 1 tsp baking of soda
 ½ tsp baking powder
 pinch of sea salt
  cup maple syrup
  cup olive oil
 ¼ cup aquafaba
 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
 1 tsp vanilla
 ½ cup rice milk
Jam
 1 cup cranberries
 ¼ cup orange juice
 little orange zest
 1 tbsp maple syrup
 small cinnamon stick (optional)
 1 tbsp chia seeds
Coating
 3.50 oz dark chocolate
 Mona bulk chocolate
 60 ml rice milk
 1 tbsp maple syrup
 fresh or dried cranberries

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 175°C (350F)

2

Line 9" x 9" baking tin with baking paper.

3

In a large bowl whisk together brown rice flour, quinoa flour, arrowroot, cacao, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

4

In a small bowl whisk together maple syrup, olive oil, aquafaba, apple cider vinegar, vanilla and rice milk.

5

Add the wet mix to the dry mix and mix until well combined. The mix should be pourable, but not too thin consistency.

6

Pour the mix into the prepared dish and smooth out the top.

7

Bake for about 20 minutes or until a cocktail stick comes out clean.

8

Remove from the oven once ready and leave to cool down before carefully removing from the tin.

9

Place onto a flat surface and using 2" round cutter carefully cut out shapes. You should end up with 11-12 shapes.

10

Sandwich 2 together with a generous dollop of cranberry jam.

11

Finely chop the chocolate and place into small bowl. Gently heat the rice milk until boiling point, pour over finely chopped chocolate and stir until completely smooth. Stir in maple syrup and pour over top of each of the cakes gently smoothing out the chocolate to drip over the edge.

12

Decorate with fresh cranberries.

13

To make the cranberry jam place cranberries, orange juice, maple syrup and cinnamon stick into a pot and gently heat for about 10 min until cranberries have popped and are soft. Remove the cinnamon stick and mash the cranberries with a fork until smooth. Stir in chia seeds and leave to cool down for a bit before transferring into fridge to set.

Chocolate Cranberry Christmas Mini Cakes