Today i’ll share with you my easy Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache topping, the favourite snack for my kids.
The easiness of this recipe is that you can make it with a traditional hand whisk, but this time i added less milk so my topping of cupcakes cracked and thats ok, it still delicious and moist and this cupcakes will covered with chocolate ganache and the top shape will no matter.
Easy Chocolate Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 mins
Baking time: 20 mins
Total time: 30 mins
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup granulated Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla powder or extract
1/2 Cup milk
100 grams Melted Butter (1/2 cup)
1 and 1/2 Cup all purpose flour (185grams)
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder (15grams)
1/4 Cup unsweetened cacao powder
1 Teaspoon instant coffee (optional)
Pinch of salt
For chocolate ganache topping:
100 grams of Chocolate
1/3 Cup hot heavey cream
2 tablespoon of pearl candy (For decoration)
Instructions
- Preper the cupcakes tin by place a cupcakes liners, Preheat oven at 180°C/350F.
- In a large bowl mix eggs with sugar, salt and vanilla until sugar dissolve.
- Add milk and give mixture a quick mix. Add butter as a line while keeping whisk.
- In another bowl, sift flour, cacao powder and baking powder.
- Add the dry ingredient to the batter into two phases, until you have smooth cupcakes batter.
- With an ice cream spoon fill the cupcakes liners.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350F for 20 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack while preparing the chocolate ganache.
To prepare Chocolate ganache:
- Cut chocolate into small pieces to melt better.
- In a medium bowl place chocolate, bring the cream to a simmer.
- Pour cream over the chocolate, set aside for a minute, then stir together until smooth chocolate ganache.
- Dip cupcakes in chocolate ganache. Decorate with chocolate pearl candy.
- Chill for 30 minutes before serving to let the chocolate ganache coherent and dry.