Looking for a wonderful chocolate dessert for your Valentine? Chocolate Black Bottom Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache will put a smile on any Valentine. My mom always made these cupcakes but never topped them with the ganache. I think the ganache is what makes these cupcakes so special. Perfect treat your Valentine(s).
Chocolate Black Bottom Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients
- 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
- 1 cup butter ( I use Kerrygold Irish butter)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- FILLING
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- dash of salt
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- GANACHE
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fill cupcake pan with 18 liners.
Melt together the butter and 4 ounces of chocolate over medium heat, still until melted. Add vanilla. In a medium mixing bowl with a hand mixer, beat the eggs well. Add sugar and flour. Add the chocolate mixture and beat until fully combined. Fill liners, 2/3 full.
Mix the cream cheese, sugar, eggs and salt until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons on the top center of each cupcake.
Bake cupcakes for 30 minutes.
Cool cupcakes.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the heavy cream and chocolate chips. Stir constantly until smooth. Dip each cupcake in the ganache, cool.