Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes
Chocolate lovers unite! These decadent Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes are the perfect chocolate cupcake recipe.
When I was young, my mom would make cupcakes all the time. To this day she is an amazing baker, at 86 years young. That girl can BAKE and I am so lucky because I get to be the official taste-tester. Each week, on her day off on Wednesday, she would bake enough cakes
, pies, cookies
or cupcakes
to last through the week. Her cupcakes were always my favorite.
Our house would smell like a bakery and I couldn’t wait to get home from school to see what she cooked up. This Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes Recipe is one of her prized recipes. Literally. She won a blue ribbon for this same recipe at our local county fair years ago. Only then, she won for a cake version.
Same recipe, just in cupcake form. That’s what I love about making cakes and cupcakes. You are not limited in the type of pan you use to bake them in. So cupcakes it is.
Truth be told, I am not a huge chocolate fan. Crazy, right? But I am a huge fan of these Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes. If you need a decadent chocolate fix, then you have to make a batch of. Of course, the chocolate buttercream isn’t that bad either.
My favorite part of making any cupcake is the icing. I love to find fun ways to decorate them. Adding a nice drizzle of ganache just wasn’t enough. I went one step further and added some chocolate shavings and Lindt chocolates.
They are almost too pretty to eat….almost.
Happy baking!
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Chocolate lovers unite! These decadent Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes are the perfect chocolate cupcake recipe.
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup Canola oil
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 2 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup Hershey Cocoa Powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 piping bag fitted with large star tip
- Chocolate ganache layer
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 large squeeze bottle
- Milk chocolate Lindt Lindor chocolates
- Lindt Lindor milk chocolate caramel stick
- Chocolate shavings
- Preheat Oven to 350 degree and line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
- In a large bowl, add together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, mix to combine
- Add in the sugar and brown sugar stir until combined.
- Add the oil, buttermilk, egg, and vanilla extract. Stir until combined.
- Fill cupcake liner 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 21 minutes.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven.
- Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool
- Using a standing mixer, beat together all ingredients until smooth and stiff peaks form
- Scoop into a piping bag and set aside
- Chocolate Ganache
- Using a small sauce pan, heat up the heavy whipping cream over medium heat
- Place the semi sweet chocolate chips into a heatproof glass bowl
- Once the whipping cream starts to simmer pour over the chocolate chips and allow to sit for 1 minute
- Whisk the chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream until smooth
- Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle and set aside
- Frost cooled cupcakes with chocolate frosting
- Pipe on some chocolate ganache
- Unwrap the Lindt chocolate truffle and place in the middle
- Break off pieces of the caramel bar and place behind the Lindt chocolate truffle
- Sprinkle chocolate shavings all over the cupcake
looks delicious