Life by Chocolate Cupcakes
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Author: Ree
I'm a desperate housewife. I live in the country. I channel Lucille
Ball, Vivien Leigh, and Ethel Merman. Welcome to my frontier! -- The
Pioneer Woman
Yield: 18 cupcakes
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ingredients:
cupcakes
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 wholes eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 sticks 1 cup butter
4 tablespoons (heaping) cocoa powder
1 cup water, boiling
18 wholes hershey's kisses, unwrapped
canned pitted cherries (optional)
ganache
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1 cup heavy cream
6 tablespoons corn syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 18 muffin cups with baking spray.
To make the cake batter, combine flour, sugar, and salt. Set aside.
In a separate container, combine buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and
vanilla. Stir to combine and set aside.
In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add cocoa powder and stir
to combine. Add boiling water, allow to bubble for a few seconds, then
turn off heat.
Pour chocolate mixture over flour mixture. Stir a few times to cool the
chocolate. Pour buttermilk mixture over the top and stir to combine.
Pour 1/4 cup cake batter into each muffin cup. Lightly set one kiss in
the middle of each cupcake; do not press down.
(Alternately, you can add 3 canned, pitted cherries to each muffin cup
before adding the batter.)
Bake for 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then remove
cupcakes and allow to cool on a baking rack.
To make the ganache, heat cream and corn syrup over medium heat. Chop
chocolate and add to a bowl. Add vanilla to cream mixture, then pour
cream mixture over the top of the chopped chocolate. Whisk together
until melted, smooth, and glossy.
Dunk cupcakes in ganache. Allow to cool and set before serving.
Source: thepioneerwoman.com
<http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/01/life-by-chocolate/>
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*Ginny Butterfield
Cranberry Twp, PA
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