Best dark chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache frosting with touch of sea salt is ulitmate of chcocolate lovers dream. 
My kids are chocolate lovers; daughter always asks for chocolate chips cookies, and my son also wants cookies with chocolate. I tried and tested vanilla cupcakes, so decide to try chocolate cupcakes. This recipe turned to be my best dark chocolate cupcakes. I tried chocolate Ganche frosting to go with it.
This dark chocolate cupcake is adapted from this recipe, and when I checked my pantry I have only Hershey’s special dark cocoa powder in my hand, so decided to modified the recipe a little bit. I changed oil to butter, instead of ½ cup cocoa, I used ⅓ cup special dark cocoa, ¼ cup sour cream and ½ cup coffee made with ½ teaspoon instant coffee and ½ cup water. I was able to get 12 cupcakes with this recipe. They are delicious my kids started to eating as soon coming out the oven.
I made the chocolate ganache frosting to go with these dark chocolate cupcakes. It is easy to make I made with semi sweet chocolate bars and heavy cream.
You can use any dark chocolate cooca powder . Only thing is cupcake color will be less dark. Taste wise I don't it is going to be any difference.
If you don't have sourcream in hand use greek yougrut that will also make moist cupcakes.
Butter adds richness to the cupcakes you can substitute with oil if you don't want butter and sour cream together.
Adding coffee helps to bring out the chocolate flavor more in this cupcake.
You need to mix flour, salt, baking soda and cooca powder.
Then cream butter and sugar and add egg, vanilla extract and then add flour and coffee.
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Best Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting
Equipment
Ingredients
Chocolate cupcakes
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup Hershey’s special dark cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon espresso powder
- ¼ cup Sour cream
- ¼ cup butter soft at room temperature
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup boiling water
Chocolate Ganache frosting
- 9 ounce 1 ¾ cup semi sweet baking chocolate
- ¾ cup heavy cream
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 F/ 176 C
- Place silicone baking cups in muffin tin.
- Mix ½ teaspoon of instant coffee powder in ½ cup boiling water and set aside.
- Add flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk through to combine or, using your paddle attachment, stir through flour mixture until combined well.
- Add sour cream, butter, egg, sugar and vanilla cream well then add flour mixture and mix together on medium speed until well combined. Reduce speed and carefully add coffee to the cake batter. Beat on high speed for about 1 minute to add air to the batter.
- Evenly distribute cake batter. Each cupcake liner should be about ⅔ths full.
- Place in the oven and bake 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow the cupcakes to cool completely.
For the Chocolate Ganache Frosting:
- Place 9 ounce of chocolate and heavy cream into microwave safe bowl and heat for about 30 seconds high, and mix very well. Refrigerate for about 15 minutes to thicken the chocolate a little bit so that it will easy for piping.
- Transfer the entire content in the piping bag and pipe according your wish on the top of chocolate cupcakes.
Nutrition
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Rani says
Delicious lovely looking chocolaty cup cake.
Amelia says
Hi Swathi, I need 2 please! It look awesome, love the ganache topping.
Best regards.
Mich Piece of Cake says
Oh wow what a lush chocolate cupcake. Love your photos!
Gayathri says
looks irrestible and awesome chocolate ganache frosting
Manju @ Manju'sEatingDelights says
OOh...that ganache frosting looks scrumptious....I feel like I haven't had a decent chocolate cake in ages! TEMPTING!!
Sangeetha says
yummy cupcakes and happy pongal Swathi!!!
Priya Anadakumar says
wow they look so yummy, happy pongal Swathi...
shama says
drooling !!!
bhawna says
perfectly made swati...Happy pongal!!!
Shey says
Divine
rebecca says
these look perfect and happy pongal