Heavenly Creme Filled Cupcakes

Name: Heavenly Creme Filled Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 18
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 227 grams bittersweet chocolate; 1 stick butter; 2 sticks butter; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 4 Tbsps (heaping) cocoa powder; 6 Tbsps corn syrup; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters granulated sugar; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 946 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters shortening, such as Crisco; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters boiling water; 2 whole eggs; 59 milliliters whole milk

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Heavenly Creme Filled Cupcakes a try. This recipe makes 18 servings with 584 calories, 4g of protein, and 32g of fat each. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. A mixture of butter, bittersweet chocolate, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour.

Instructions

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For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Thoroughly spray 18 muffin cups with baking spray.

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Baking Spray

Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Oven

To make the cake batter, combine the flour, granulated sugar and salt. Set aside.

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Granulated Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Salt

In a separate container, combine the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla and eggs. Stir to combine and set aside.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Vanilla

Egg

In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add the cocoa powder and stir to combine.

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Cocoa Powder

Add the boiling water, allow to bubble for a few seconds and then turn off the heat.

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Water

Pour the chocolate mixture over the flour mixture. Stir a few times to cool the chocolate.

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Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

Pour the buttermilk mixture over the top and stir to combine.

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Buttermilk

Fill muffin cups just over half full (do not overfill!).

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Muffin Liners

Bake for 13 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pan, and then remove the cupcakes and allow to cool completely on a baking rack.

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Cupcakes

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Oven

Frying Pan

For the ganache: To make the ganache, heat the cream and corn syrup over medium heat. Chop the chocolate and add to a bowl.

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Corn Syrup

Chocolate

Cream

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Bowl

Add the vanilla to the cream mixture, and then pour the cream mixture over the top of the chopped chocolate.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

Cream

Whisk together until melted, smooth and glossy. Allow to cool slightly.

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Whisk

For the creme filling: Whip together the butter and shortening until light and fluffy.

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Shortening

Butter

Sift together the powdered sugar and salt and add it to the butter mixture in batches.

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Powdered Sugar

Butter

Salt

Add the milk, then the vanilla, beating the whole time. Scrape the sides of the bowl, and beat until very light and fluffy.

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Vanilla

Milk

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Bowl

Put the filling into a pastry bag fitted with a medium tip.

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Pastry Bag

When the cupcakes are totally cool, insert the tip of the pastry bag into the bottom of the cupcake and fill with creme filling. When cupcakes are filled, spoon ganache so that it completely coats each cupcake OR dip to coat.

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Cupcakes

Dip