Chocolate Adventure Contest
March 10, 2011
Chocolate pairs well a lot of things, and Stout Beer is apparently one of them.
According to the Fourth Annual Chocolate Adventure Contest® winner, chocolate and stout beer make a $10,000 cupcake...
Contest rules state that participants must create an original cupcake recipe using both Scharffen Berger chocolate and one or more "adventure ingredients."
A list of adventure ingredients is presented each year to complement the Scharffen Berger chocolate blends. Here is a sample of some of the adventure ingredients:
• Adzuki bean
• Almond flour
• Bee pollen
• Beet (fresh)
• Buttermilk
• Coconut butter, cream or milk
• Fresh or whole dried chili pepper
• Meyer lemon
• Molasses (light, dark or blackstrap)
• Ricotta
• Saffron
• Stout Beer (any variety)
• Sumatra coffee bean
• Sweetened condensed milk
The $10,000 Prize went to "You Make Me Want To Stout" by Elaine Barbee from Missouri. She made a rich chocolate cupcake using only the stout as her adventure ingredient. Her recipe was chosen as the winner over 2,000 other entries.
Cupcakes were judged on creativity, spirit of adventure, ease of preparation, appearance and flavor.
The reason stout makes a winning combination with chocolate is that it adds depth of flavor without overwhelming it.
My mouth is already watering for the 1st place cupcake but check out the descriptions of second and third place. First, grab a napkin to catch all the drool.
Second place cupcake: "Spicy Dulce de Leche and Chocolate Cream Stout Cupcakes with Chile Ganache and Candied Serrano Chiles."
Third place: "Beer Bellies, a Cocoa-Stout Cupcake with Beer-Malt Frosting and Spicy Pretzel Crumbles."
Yum!
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