Cakes & Cupcakes
Ultimate Triple Chocolate Cupcakes
The most chocolaty cupcake you will ever eat, with chocolate in the cake, the filling and the icing.
These chocolate cupcakes were one of the first things I created, after my chocolate cake. If I had to single out the one bake which is most loved by all, it is these cupcakes. I recall taking these to the office once; people were literally arguing about who could have the last one!
I initially started with my chocolate cake recipe and tried to bake them in cupcake form. I found that this produced a drier cupcake than I liked. I recall recipe testing these by the dozen, trying different ratios of fat, liquids, eggs and flour. A ton of effort went into creating these cupcakes.
I tried to keep the amount of ingredients to a minimum, but realised that in order to get the correct texture, I required a bit more than the "usual" pantry staples. One thing I will say about the ingredients is that the size of the eggs is crucial! I have tried baking these with large and even extra large eggs, but jumbo eggs work the best! (I realize that not everyone has jumbo eggs at home, so have included the weight in grams, to make life easier).
The cupcakes are super moist, without being dense. The chocolate and coffee in the batter just kick the chocolatiness into overdrive! The chocolate ganache further accentuates the chocolatiness. I mean, ganache is essentially just chocolate and cream! Finally, I think what surprises everyone is the chocolate mousse filling in the centre – the airy filling with the heavier ganache and the light cupcake all come together perfectly. (PS. I usually buy a good quality chocolate mousse and pipe it in, as a quick hack).
This is one of my more treasured and "patented" recipes, as I have almost created this from scratch. I started baking them whilst I was a student and did not own a kitchen scale. All I had was a set of plastic measuring cups. It is for this reason that I include the recipe in cups below.
The recipe
Ultimate Triple Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes approximately 24 cupcakes
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Method
Method: chocolate ganache
- Combine the ingredients: Place the chocolate, cream and butter in a microwave-safe bowl and heat.
- Melt: Start with 30 seconds to get everything heated and nice and melted, then heat in 10-second bursts, stopping to stir and ensuring that the chocolate does not burn.
- Cool and thicken: Once everything is melted and combined, set aside to cool and thicken.
- Pipe or spread: Depending on the length of cooling, you should be able to pipe this, or spread it on top of the cupcake.
Method: chocolate cupcakes
- Preheat the oven and line the tins: Preheat the oven to 180Ëš Celsius. Line two 12-cup cupcake tins with cupcake liners.
- Melt the chocolate in the coffee: Add the chocolate to the hot coffee and stir to combine. Set aside.
- Sift the dry ingredients: Sift the flour, cornflour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
- Whisk the sugar, butter and oil: Place the sugar, melted butter and oil in a bowl and whisk until incorporated. I just do this by hand, no need for a beater.
- Add the eggs: Then add in the two JUMBO eggs and whisk each one in for 15 – 20 seconds. Again, I just use a hand whisk.
- Add the vanilla: Stir in the vanilla.
- Add the buttermilk and yoghurt: Add the buttermilk and the yogurt to the slightly cooled coffee and chocolate mixture and stir to combine.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients: Alternating, add the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients. Start with the flour, followed by the coffee. Then flour, coffee and finally flour.
- Bake: Bake for around 15 – 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Do not overbake them.
Method: chocolate mousse filling
- Core the cupcakes: Once the cupcakes have completely cooled, use an apple corer or a cupcake corer to remove the centres. (You can try and scoop it out with a spoon; it just looks less neat).
- Fill with mousse: Fill the centres with the mousse. A piping bag is the easiest way to do this.
- Pipe the ganache: Pipe swirls of chocolate ganache onto the filled cupcakes.
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