Monday, April 4, 2011

How To Make White Chocolate Mud Cupcakes












White Chocolate Mud Cupcakes

 For The Cupcakes

    * 4 ounces cake flour
    * 4 ounces super fine sugar
    * 8 ounces unsalted butter
    * 8 ounces white chocolate
    * 4 large lightly beaten eggs
    * ½ teaspoon baking powder

For The White Ganache Icing

    * 3 ounces white chocolate
    * ½ cup heavy cream

For The Chocolate Curls…

    * 2-3 ounces white chocolate


Preheat your oven to 325° F (160° C) and prepare 12 paper cupcake liners in muffin pans.Place the butter and chocolate into a double boiler and stir until melted, then set aside. In another bowl, beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer on slow until thick and well blended, then fold in the flour and baking powder.Slowly add the chocolate and butter mixture and mix well, then spoon batter into liners until they are about half full and then place in your preheated oven.Bake for approx 20 to 22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean, remove and let sit for a few minutes before removing the cupcakes from the pans and placing them on a wire rack wax paper to cool.

To make ganache, chop the chocolate and place it over a double boiler with half the cream and stir until melted, then remove from heat and let it cool completely. In a separate bowl, beat the remaining cream with an electric mixer just until you can see the beaters in the cream. Slowly pour the cool chocolate and cream mixture and continue beating until stiff peaks form (similar to the way meringue looks when its done).Cover each cool cupcake with a layer of ganache and refrigerate the rest of the ganache until it is thick enough to hold its shape.

Fill a piping bag with a small star tip with the remaining ganache and pipe a border around the outside of
each cupcake (optional). Melt remaining white chocolate in a double boiler then pour onto wax paper or marble slab and allow to set. When the chocolate it almost hard, drag a large bladed knife over the top of it to create white chocolate curls and put on top of cupcakes. You can also use grater/slicer for this process.

Then ENJOY!!!