Had a wicked chocolate craving so decided what else...time to bake some cupcakes! Since I was going for lots of chocolate components I decided to use a doctored up mix from The Cake Doctor recipe book:
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 18.25 oz box Devils Food Cake Mix
- 1 C sour cream
- 3/4 C water
- 1/3 C oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350F. Beat all ingredients together in mixer until well blended. Fill each muffin tin with 1/2 C of batter. Bake until cupcake springs back when lightly touched - about 19-22 minutes.
I used this pan so I could fill with Ganache but you can also cut & scoop out centers.
Chocolate Cinnamon Ganache Filling
- 2/3 C whipping cream
- 8 oz chocolate chips
- Few shakes of cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
Pour chocolate chips into a metal bowl and shake some cinnamon over them. Heat cream just to boiling point and pour over chocolate chips, add vanilla and stir with heat-resistant spoon until melted. Let sit for about 40 minutes.
- 1/2 C butter
- 1/2 C cocoa
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 2/3 C confectioner's sugar, sifted
- 1/3 C whipping cream
Cream butter in electric mixer, blend in cocoa. Add vanilla, then alternate sugar & whipping cream and continue mixing until desired consistency. You may have to add a bit more cream.
Craving satisfied! Hope you try them!
I am soooo sooooo soooooooooo making this for us :o)
Posted by: TaraMcK | May 20, 2010 at 09:53 AM
Oh those look wonderful!
Posted by: stacey@Havoc&Mayhem | May 20, 2010 at 03:35 PM
yum yum! I really need that cupcake pan!
Posted by: sharyn | May 22, 2010 at 09:28 AM