This is The Best Chocolate Cupcake Recipe to try. Learn how to make chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache frosting. An easy cupcake recipe which makes moist and rich cupcakes
Ingredients
For the cupcake batter
- 115 grams salted butter, room temperature 1 stick
- 200 grams castor sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 40 ml hot water
- 1 tsp instant coffee powder
- 60 ml milk
- 190 grams all purpose flour
- 60 grams cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
For the frosting
- 100 ml full-fat cream
- 200 grams dark compound chocolate, roughly chopped
For the sugar syrup
- 60 grams granulated sugar
- 120 ml water
Instructions
For the sugar syrup
- Combine sugar and water together, cook on medium heat until sugar melts. Once the sugar melts, take it off the gas and let it come to room temperature before injecting into cupcakes
For the chocolate frosting
- Take a pan, add the heavy cream and cook on slow flame until the cream heats up. Take it off the gas, add the chopped chocolate and mix well until melted. Put this mixture back on low heat if not melted completely. You can do the same process in the microwave instead of a pan on the gas. Once the mixture is creamy and the chocolate has melted, cover it and keep it for 5 to 6 hours at room temperature. That's your chocolate ganache
For the chocolate cupcakes
- Combine the coffee powder and hot water together. Mix well and set aside
- In a bowl, sieve all purpose flour, baking soda and cocoa powder together, Mix well and set aside
- Next, in another bowl, combine butter and sugar together. Beat well. Add the eggs one at a time. Next, add the coffee mixture and milk to the batter along with the flour mixture, a little at a time. Make a smooth cake batter and pour these in cupcake liners, a little less than 3/4th in each liner
- Tap and put the cupcakes to bake at 180 degrees C for 15 to 20 mins or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Let the cupcakes come to room temperature before decorating
- Next, using a syringe fill it with sugar syrup and inject it into each cupcakes. Do not over add the sugar syrup, the cupcake will become soggy, add a about a tablespoon of sugar syrup to each cupcake
- Next using a spoon apply some chocolate ganache frosting over the cupcakes. You can even pipe the frosting with a nozzle bag. Once done, serve immedietely or let it sit in the fridge and serve when needed
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Nutrition Information
Serving: 50g | Calories: 2820kcal | Carbohydrates: 443g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 115g | Saturated Fat: 68g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 31g | Trans Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 582mg | Sodium: 1281mg | Potassium: 1398mg | Fiber: 27g | Sugar: 264g | Vitamin A: 3449IU | Calcium: 266mg | Iron: 19mg
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