Chocolate melting moments with coffee cream

ingredients

• Chocolate melting moments with coffee cream

  • 200 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature
  • 1/3 cup icing sugar mixture
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1/3 cup cornflour
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • cocoa powder, for dusting

• Coffee cream

  • 50 gram butter
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar mixture, sifted
  • 2 teaspoon instant coffee
  • 1 teaspoon boiling water

method

• Chocolate melting moments with coffee cream

  • 1

    Preheat oven to moderately slow, 160°C (140°C fan-forced). Lightly grease and line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

  • 2

    In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, icing sugar and vanilla, until light and fluffy.

  • 3

    In a medium bowl, combine sifted flours and cocoa. Stir in to creamed butter mixture in 2 batches.

  • 4

    Fit a piping bag with a 1.5cm star nozzle. Fill bag with mixture. Pipe 28 biscuits; 4cm wide and 3cm apart, onto prepared trays.

  • 5

    Bake 15-20 minutes, until slightly firm. Cool on trays 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

  • 6

    To make cream: Combine coffee and water in a small bowl. Allow to cool. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and icing sugar into cooled coffee, until pale.

  • 7

    Sandwich biscuits together with coffee cream. Dust tops with cocoa. Serve.

notes

If you don't have a piping bag, form into walnut-sized balls and arrange on trays. Flatten slightly with a floured fork before baking.