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I must admit, I was never inspired to take my 10yo to see the recent remake of Disney’s iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty” – starring Angelina Jolie.

It just seemed too… DARK!

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Meet Renee a Party-Star from our Sans Souci store

So she went… with a friend instead and has insisted since, “it really wasn’t that bad – not scary at all!”

Source: http://michellespartyplanit.com/2014/04/a-maleficent-dessert-table/

Source: http://michellespartyplanit.com/2014/04/a-maleficent-dessert-table/

Eating humble pie – or should I say… Cupcake never tasted so good. If you think of the dark as CHOCOLATE and the BLACK as BERRIES, what’s not to love about Maleficent?

Image source: http://foodgawker.com/post/2014/05/26/350315/

Image source: http://foodgawker.com/post/2014/05/26/350315/

Here is the recipe sourced from Foodgawker.com

Dark Chocolate Cake

  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups Baker’s sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup lukewarm coffee
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla paste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with baking cups; set aside. Stir together cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl with a whisk. Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla, and mix until smooth with an electric mixer, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl to assure batter is well mixed.

With a large cupcake scoop fill each paper cupcake liner about 2/3 full. Bake approximately 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Blackberry Filling

  • 1/2 cup Baker’s sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 cups frozen blackberries

In a small bowl whisk together sugar, cornstarch and water until cornstarch is dissolved and mixture is smooth. Transfer to a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Add the butter and berries and bring to a boil stirring gently. Boil about 3 minutes or until thickened. Mixture will thicken further upon cooling.

Using a paring knife cut a cone out of center of cooled cupcakes. Fill with cooled blackberry filling.

Blackberry Buttercream

  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup seedless blackerry preserves
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

With an electric mixer, cream butter until smooth, about 3 minutes. Stir in preserves until combined. Sift in powdered sugar. Beat on low until combined, then on high until light and fluffy. Approximately 5 minutes.

Using a piping bag and a 2D tip pipe frosting onto cooled and filled cupcakes.

Makes 24 Cupcakes

Disney inspired parties have always been a family favourite and with remakes happening all the time it is simply a matter of perspective when going about the decorating.

PURPLE, GREEN and dare I say it BLACK – is all you need to ensure your MALEFICENT fairytale has a happy ending.

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