Channel: Manuela Kjeilen

Category: People & Blogs

Description: A moist Chocolate Cupcake with a rich, silky, and smooth ganache that just melts in your mouth. This chocolate cupcake is so rich in taste and stays moist for days, it is topped with a delicious chocolate ganache. This is the perfect cupcake for any chocolate lover, the ganache pipes beautifully onto your cupcake, or just spread it on top of your cupcake with a small offset/straight palette knife. This silky ganache shows off a super-shiny and luscious finish on your cupcake, sprinkle the top with some confetti quins for a serious eye appeal on your cupcakes. →When you make ganache it’s important to use good-quality dark chocolate like Valrhona or another good brand. Most chocolate bars from the grocery store contain additives or artificial ingredients that will prevent you from getting the silky consistency your aiming for when making the ganache. →I prefer using bittersweet Valrhona 66% or Callebaut 63% for this recipe, I love the depth of flavor you get when using bittersweet chocolate! →I also add glucose or you can use light corn syrup or honey it gives the ganache a beautiful shine, and to keep it smooth, and the salted butter and the espresso powder just kick the flavor up a notch, even if you think you don't like coffee, just trust me and add the espresso powder. →Adding butter softens the ganache and makes it smoother, I love using salted butter at times.