I have been so MIA recently due to a number of reasons. I have just finished my Legal Practice Course combined with a Masters and I have also been struggling with some personal things.
I am slowly getting back to me again though and am looking at doing a variety of different bakes. I will also be looking at getting my baking business up and running because baking makes me so happy.
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These loaf cakes were inspired by two things…a new mini loaf cake tin from Le Creuset and a bag of smartie buttons. I made a Smarties Marble Loaf Cake a few months ago and these little loaf cakes are defiantly as good as a big cake and will have you come back for more.
You don’t have to add mint or use gluten free flour, you can use any flavour you like and self-raising flour works perfectly with this recipe.
Now why gluten free? I have been thinking a lot about what I want my baking business is and what will make it unique and special. I decided I wanted to do gluten free but still tastes amazing.
Therefore, I am testing out a few recipes that I want to make a staple of my business so I am trying out my recipes on family and friends to see what works and what doesn’t. These cakes went do super well and no one even realised they were gluten free.
I will be trying to be more consistent on uploading recipes but I also some bits going on which may cause some delays but I promise once things settle I will be baking a lot more and bringing more gluten free recipes.
Mint and Chocolate Marbled Mini Loaf Cakes
Ingredients
Sponges
- 200 g Gluten Free Plain Flour
- 200 g Caster Sugar
- 150 g Unsalted Butter
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp mint extract
- 25 g Cocoa Powder
- 1 tbsp Whole Milk
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- Chocolate Chips
Buttercream
- 150 g Unsalted Butter
- 300 g Icing Sugar
- 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 1 tsp Mint Extract
- Smarties Buttons
Instructions
Sponge
- Pre-heat the oven on gas mark 4/160degrees fan. Line an eight hole mini loaf tin with baking paper or mini loaf cases.
- Cream the butter and caster sugar together until pale and fully combined. Then add the eggs until combined.
- Sieve in the flour and baking powder into the wet ingredients then fold in gently until combined.
- Split the mixture between two bowls, add cocoa powder to one half of the mixture and mint extract to the other half and mix until both are combined.
- Spoon a spoonful of each mixture into the loaf tin until filled about 3¼ then using a skewer, mix the two mixtures together to get the marble effect.
- Top with a handful of chocolate chips then place in the oven to bake for 20 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
- Leave in the tin for 5 minutes to cool then remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Buttercream
- Beat the butter until it is fluffy and pale. Then add a quarter of the icing sugar and mix until combined.
- Add the icing sugar a quarter at the time to the mixture until fully incorporated.
- Then split the mixture again into two bowls, add cocoa powder to one and mint extract to the other.
- Take a piping bag and fill one side with the chocolate buttercream and the other with the mint buttercream with a 4b piping nozzle*.
- Then pipe onto the top of each cake and top with smarties buttons.
