Plum Chocolate Cupcakes With Chocolate Ganache And Walnut Frosting
From lacrenshaw 16 years ago
- 48 minutes to make
- Serves 18
Courtesy of vanillagarlic at BakeSpace, we are told that armagnac OR cognac will do and apricots may be substituted for the dried plums. No yield is given in the recipe so I guessed! Prep time includes "plumping" time.
Ingredients
- CUPCAKES: shopping list
- 8 ounce bar 61% cacao chocolate shopping list
- 3 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature shopping list
- 2 1/4 cups sugar shopping list
- 8 eggs, room temperature shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups flour shopping list
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- Pinch of salt shopping list
- 1/2 pound dried plums (preferable unsulphured) OR apricots shopping list
- Bottle of good cognac OR armagnac shopping list
- GANACHE with WALNUTS: shopping list
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate shopping list
- 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate shopping list
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream shopping list
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 cups powdered sugar shopping list
- Shelled walnuts shopping list
How to make it
- CUPCAKES:
- Chop the plums OR apricots and place in non-reactive bowl.
- Cover fruit with liquor and let plump overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F..
- Melt chocolate and butter over a water bath.
- Add sugar and stir; let sit for about 10 minutes.
- Beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes.
- Add one egg at a time, mixing for 30 seconds between each addition.
- Sift in dry ingredients.
- Mix until just blended.
- Drain the fruit and lightly pat them dry.
- Fold into batter.
- Scoop into cupcake papers.
- Bake for 20 to 24 minutes OR until toothpick comes out clean.
- GANACHE:
- Chop chocolates and transfer to a heat proof bowl.
- Heat cream in a saucepan until bubbles form around edge of pan.
- Pour cream over chocolate.
- Let sit for 1 minutes and then stir until combined.
- Add butter and vanilla and stir until combined.
- Transfer to bowl of electric mixer and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Sift powdered sugar in and mix until combined.
- Continue to beat until creamy and light in color.
- Spread OR pipe ganache onto cupcakes.
- Top with walnuts.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
These look lovely and nice sounding ingredients Lorraine you got my vote 5 forks...Maryanne
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in My Kitchen loved it
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Sounds so good, Lorraine! High FIVE :+D
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Awesome, awesome, awesome. Great post and a very high 5 Lorraine.
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