A family friend approached me and said her nephew had a communion part last weekend that she would love dessert for. We both decided that cupcakes and brownies were the typical treat for kids of that age. I made the brownies I have previously made (without the candy inside) and put a carmel topping on. For the cupcakes I decided to make a chocolate cupcake with ganache filling and vanilla frosting. I have mentioned all of these separate elements in previous blog posts, however this combination was a new one. I liked adding ganache into the cake because it added a richness to the cake. The sweet creamy frosting would contrast the bittersweet flavor of the ganache well.
What ganache looks like when the cream is added to the chocolate...then you whisk..
ending ganache result...creamy chocolate
Ganache filled cakes
Final cupcakes!
Something I decided to do for the first time is switch the device I use to "core" the cupcakes. I generally used to use a simple cupcake corer, however I have noticed that sometimes the wide circumference of it makes the cupcakes fall apart when being eaten. I found an apple corer in my kitchen. While the whole it creates is smaller, it still is a good size for filling and prevents the cupcakes from crumbling from too little support.
With extra cupcakes, ganache, and frosting, I decided to mess around a little. I saw cupcakes online that had frosting dipped in chocolate. Friday Night I was going to my friend Maggie's house for a dinner with other friends, so I figured being dessert would be a nice ending. While i didn't use the recipe that I saw online, I used it as an inspiration for these. I used all the previous ingredients. I swirled frosting on the cupcakes a little higher than previously. After putting them in the freezer briefly, I dipped them into the chocolate ganache and then let them cool. These were fun to make and tasted yummy. Again, the bittersweet chocolate and sweet frosting complimented each other well.
Kind of reminds me of the dairy queen ice cream dipped in chocolate right?
Next I will post about a bake sale I helped out with
-J
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