Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Turkish Delight Cupcakes



A few birthdays ago, my lovely friend Kerry gave me a book aptly called Indulgence Cupcakes by Murdoch Books. I have not previously baked from this book for no reason other than that I overlooked it in favour of other tomes on baking.

However, a few days ago, I was flicking through it, looking for inspiration, when I found a recipe for Turkish Delight Cupcakes.  The same recipe is also online here.  What really grabbed my attention about these cupcakes is that they incorporated chunks of Turkish Delight chocolate bars.  I had three of these chocolate bars in my cupboard that I had bought for a project that never happened, so I thought this was a perfect way to use them up.  (The recipe coincidentally called for three bars of Turkish Delight.)

These cupcakes are a chocolate cupcake filled with chunks of chocolate coated Turkish Delight, and iced with a rose-flavoured icing.  They are indulgent but delicious.  I ran out of icing for the last 4 cupcakes (the recipe made 18 cupcakes), so I left them uniced.

If you or those close to you love Turkish Delight (which one flatmate years ago described to me as a "Dad's chocolate" - she clearly did not like it), then these cupcakes would be perfect.  (For the record, I am a fan of Turkish Delight, though not in an Edmund-obsessed kind of way.)

8 comments:

Mardi Michels said...

"What really grabbed my attention about these cupcakes is that they incorporated chunks of Turkish Delight chocolate bars. " OMG THIIIIIIIIIS! I am a huge fan of TD (so it Neil). I want one of these right now!

Johanna GGG said...

I can't see bars of turkish delight ever lingering too long in our cupboards but I can see these cupcakes being very very popular

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

Ooh I love Turkish delight!! I used to be obsessed with the CS Lewis books because I really wanted to try it! :D

Emily said...

This TD cupcake sounds intriguing and this post is most welcomed to be featured in the joint effort of Joyce and I @ Cookbook Countdown Bake #2!

2paw said...

Oh that is so funny!! I could never like Edmund, no matter how far he redeemed himself. I like rosewater, but I know many people find it cloying. Thanks for the link, I can add them to the Cherry Ripe cupcake recipe as chocolate bar cooking!! Turkish Delight sometimes comes from posh shops without the chocolate, so I can eat it!!!

kitchen flavours said...

Delightful cupcakes! I only had Turkish Delights once, when my kind neighbour gave us a few boxes bought during his trip to Turkey. My kids love it, and they would love your cupcakes!

Kari said...

These sound delicious - what a great twist on standard turkish delight sweets and chocolate. I really like rosewater flavours so am sure I'd enjoy them.

Diane Zwang said...

Well this is news to me. I have not heard of TD chocolate before. Looks like I have some research to do.