Dates Cupcakes

Dates Cupcakes
(adapted from here)

120 g pitted chopped dates
175 ml water
80 g powdered sugar
60 ml oil
1 bag Bourbon vanilla sugar
100 g flour
50 g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt

Put dates and water into a bowl and boil. Let cool, then add oil, powdered sugar, Burbon vanilla sugar and puree in a blender. Sift in flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa and whisk.

Bake in a preheated oven on 180°C for about 20 minutes.

Chocolate Ganache

100 g dark chocolate
40 g butter

Melt chocolate with 20 g butter in a double boiler. Wait until it cools a bit, then add the remaining butter. Cool a bit more (but is needs to stay soft enough) and spread over baked cupcakes.

Note: This is my entry to Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted this week by Mele Cotte.