After going viral thanks to Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen, the Crous dessert continues its journey to New York, where it now sells for $10 each. A trade secrets expert shares her homemade snack recipe on TikTok.
He has now received “muffin man“. It all started with a video posted on TikTok on July 25. Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen sits down in the Olympic Village cafeteria for the Paris 2024 Games and takes the opportunity to review his meal prepared by Cross. The pasta with pesto and pork skewer gets a solid 7/10, then comes the chocolate muffin for dessert. Nothing fancy to judge by the pastry, a simple industrial cake covered in chocolate chips and decorated with a fondant center. However, the reaction of the athlete is indisputable. the muffins are delicious and score 11/10. And opens the beginning of the global mania.
From the Olympic Village to Manhattan
The 27-year-old swimmer will feature the dessert in a number of humorous videos during the Games. Immediate success in social networks. In just a few weeks, the whole world wants to taste the creation produced by French industrial supplier Coup de Pâtes. Such a success that the cupcakes were proprietary pop up shop This Saturday, August 17, in New York City, where Isshiki Matcha Cafe sold them for a modest $10 each. An entrepreneurial feat imagined by artist Kellyn Carolyn Zhang. “I researched the supplier of these muffins and jumped at the chance to partner with a New York restaurant and import the muffin so I could taste the ‘real’ product. “Given the excitement generated by TikTok, I was confident there was enough interest to sell the rest of the product,” he told BFMTV.
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Recipe found
Many have tried to obtain the recipe for the famous cupcake, but to no avail, “the pastry recipe and visuals are being kept secret at the request of the Olympic Organizing Committee,” AFP reported. It’s enough to challenge recipe creators who have taken it upon themselves to recreate the chocolate dessert, like content creator @Ibakemistakes, who posted four different essays on her TikTok page. In the end, it was an influencer named Jordan Howlett who managed to come out on top; “It took me three days and four phone calls, but I found the recipe.” If we don’t know his exact origin, netizens in the comments tease, “He’s definitely a hero,” “It’s time to bless the muffin man,” “This is what I expected from the beginning. Olympic Games. All you have to do is put on the apron.
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 187 g of milk
- 59 g of water
- 115 g of butter
- 272 g of flour
- 150 g of dark and milk chocolate chips
- 43 g of bitter cocoa
- 48 g of sunflower oil
- 115 g of full cream
- 110 g Verjoise
- 2 teaspoons of instant coffee
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Salt:
The steps
Prepare the muffin batter
- In a medium saucepan, bring the milk, water and instant coffee to a boil. Add the bitter cocoa and mix until smooth. Add 70 g of dark and milk chocolate chips, and cut the butter into pieces. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and wait for it to cool.
- Add the sugar cube, sunflower oil, vanilla extract and two room temperature eggs to the chocolate mixture.
- In a second bowl, mix the flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda and a pinch of salt.
- Using a spatula, gently fold a third of the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture. Once melted, add the rest of the flour and be careful not to over mix. Add 40 g of chocolate chips.
- Pour the resulting mass into the muffin molds greased with butter and add chocolate pieces on top. Bake at 190°C for 24 minutes
For the chocolate ganache
- Boil the cream with a pinch of salt in a pot, then pour over 35 g of chocolate chips. Mix until you have a smooth and shiny ganache. Once cooled, pipe the ganache into a piping bag.
Ending
- Decorate the cupcakes with the ganache by making a small slit in the top of the batter and sliding a piping bag inside. Enjoy!
Source: Le Figaro
