Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes

How To Make Homemade Ultimate Chocolate cupcakes!!!!!

*DO NOT TRY THIS IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER*

*MAKES 14 A BATCH*

*Be safe when you bake these cupcakes especially while using oven*

Prep time: 1 hour- 1 hour, 30 minutes

STEP #1- Gather the ingredients listed below

Batter Ingredients

- 1 cup of bread flour

- a cup of hot coffee

- ⅓ cup of Dutch-processed cocoa

-3 ounces of bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine

- 1 cup of granulated sugar

-2 large eggs

-tsp of table salt

-tsp baking soda

-6 tablespoons vegetable oil

-2 tsp white vinegar -1 tsp of vanilla extract

GANACHE FILLING

-2 oz. of bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine

- ¼ cup heavy cream

-1 tablespoon confectioners sugar

ICING INGREDIENTS  -½ lb of unsalted butter -1 ½ lb of confectioners sugar -½ cup of cocoa powder  -2 tsp of vanilla extract

DECORATING INGREDIENTS

- Piped chocolate shapes (melted chocolate in a piping bag)

                  -Sprinkles of your choice (I used pink)

STEP #2 Make your Ganache Filling

Place chocolate, heavy cream, and confectioners sugar in a medium bowl. Heat in microwave until warm to the touch, about 25 seconds. Whisk until smooth then, put bowl in the fridge and let it stand until chilled, about 30 minutes and no longer!

STEP #3 Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and adjust middle oven rack.

STEP #4 Get your liners and standard muffin pan (you will need the 12 muffin pan and a 6 muffin pan also) Put the liners in.

STEP #5 Prepare Cupcake batter   

Put your finely chopped chocolate and cocoa powder into a medium bowl. Pour your hot coffee over mixture; whisk until smooth. Put in the fridge to cool, for about 18-21 minutes (no more, or no less!!!) While the chocolate-coffee mixture is cooling, whisk your flour,sugar,salt, and baking soda together in bowl then, set to the side.

                                                                                                           

STEP #6 Whisk your oil, eggs, vanilla, and vinegar into the chocolate-coffee mixture until smooth. Add your dry mixture whisk until smooth.

STEP #6 Divide your batter evenly among the pan cups (about ⅔ full)  then, place a slightly rounded drop of ganache in the middle of the batter (I just dropped a little into the middle off of a spoon) STEP #7 Put in oven     which was preheated at 350 degrees, for 17-19 or  until set and firm to the touch. Once your cupcakes are finished baking set on cooling rack, or let cool in pan.

STEP #8 Make your frosting (you will need an electric hand mixer or an electric mixer of some sort) Put your butter, cocoa powder, confectioners sugar, and your vanilla in a medium bowl , mix together until smooth. If your icing seems dry add a little while mixer is on. (Makes 2 milk, like I did)

STEP #9 Melt 20 oz of chocolate chopped finely, put in microwave safe bowl then, put in microwave for 10-20 seconds. If you burn the chocolate then you will have to melt 20 oz more chocolate. Once you have your chocolate melted put in a piping bag tie the top of the bag. Get a pan and spray it with Pam or cooking spray then, cover it with parchment paper or wax paper. With your bag of melted chocolate pipe shapes of your choice. Let harden for 20-30 minutes sitting out. After the shapes harden put them in the fridge for 5-10 minutes.

STEP #10 Ice your cupcakes with the frosting you made and then, once you have iced them put your chocolate shapes on top and any other decorations you would like to put on them!

STEP #11 EAT! BITE! GONE! Hope you enjoy your homemade Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I sure did!!!) :)

Mmmmmmm! Good! Enjoy!