Recipe #2 Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache

Cupcakes are the most popular when it comes to desserts and with this recipe I'm sure you'll be able to make pretty looking cupcakes in no time!! 

Ganache is basically a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries made from chocolate and cream or you can pipe it on cakes and cupcakes. It is made by heating cream, then pouring it over chopped chocolate of any kind.

Serves: 8

Ingredients

For Cupcakes

·      150 grams condensed milk (I use Amul)

·      ½ cup milk

·      1 tsp vanilla essence

·      ½ cup oil

·      4 tbsp powdered sugar

·      1 cup plain flour (Maida)

·      ¼ cup cocoa powder

·      ½ tsp soda-bi-carb

·      1 tsp baking powder

For Ganache

·      100 grams of cooking dark chocolate (Chopped)

·      50 grams of cream (Amul)

Method

For cupcakes

-Sift plain flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder in a dry bowl and keep it aside

-In another bowl, pour condensed milk and sugar and beat it with an electric beater until fluffy (beat it for 2 mins)

-Add oil to the condensed milk bowl and beat it until the mixture becomes thick

-Add vanilla essence and milk to the condensed milk bowl and beat properly

-Add the dry mix (maida, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda) to the condensed milk bowl and beat it for 5 mins until everything is well incorporated

-Preheat the oven at 250deg c

-Take a cupcake mould, if you are putting cupcake cases then you do not need to grease the mould, if you are not using cupcake cases then grease it well with vegetable oil/unsalted butter/white butter and pour till 3/4^th of the mould and once you have poured in all the moulds, slightly pat it to even it out and to remove air bubbles

-Bake it at 180deg c for 30 mins or until cooked and when you put a knife/skewer/ toothpick it comes out clean

-Let the cupcakes cool, till then make the ganache. When the cupcakes are ready, you’ll see that a crust is formed on the top (this helps to retain the moisture inside), I remove the top with a knife sometimes but if you will ice it with ganache then the ganache will make the top moist.

For Ganache

-In a heavy bottomed pan, pour in the cream and let it boil

-In another bowl, place the chopped chocolate and pour the boiled cream over it, let it sit for a minute till you see the chocolate slightly melting, now use a spatula and whisk it well to melt the entire chocolate. This kind of process helps in melting chocolate without seizing it (Seizing- Chocolate becomes hard and grainy).

-If you want to glaze the cupcakes, to give it a shiny glossy look then dip the top of the cupcake in the hot ganache; or pour it in a piping bag and refrigerate it until it becomes pipe able, it will take 15 mins and then you can pipe it on the cupcakes and decorate it with sprinklers or chocolate shavings.

Happy Baking!