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Basic Chocolate Ganache (see below), chilled at least 1 hour
Cinnamon Créme Anglaise (see below)
Vegetable oil spray for misting the pans
flour for dusting the pans
1 package (18.25 oz) plain devil's food cake mix
1 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 cup confectioners sugar, for dusting
Prepare the Basic Chocolate Ganache (recipe follows), cover it with plastic wrap, and place it in the refrigerator to chill. Prepare the Cinnamon Créme Anglaise, cover it with plastic wrap placed right on the surface, and place it in the refrigerator to chill.
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly mist 24 cupcake cups with vegetable oil spray and dust them with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Set the pans aside.
Place the cake mix, water, oil, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and blend 1 1/2 to 2 minutes more, scraping down the sides again if needed. The batter should look well combined and thickened. Spoon or scoop 1/3 cup batter into each prepared cup, filling it three quarters of the way full. (You will get between 22 and 24 cupcakes.) Drop a heaping tspful of ganache onto the top of the batter in each cup. Place the pans in the oven.
Bake the cupcakes until the cake bakes up around the ganache, the tops are domed, and the cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed with your finger, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove the pans from the oven and place them on wire racks for 1 minute. Run a dinner knife around the edges of the cupcake cups, lift the cupcakes up from the bottoms of the cups using the end of the knife, and pick them out of the cups carefully with your fingertips. Place them on dessert plates, sift confectioners sugar over the top, spoon the créme anglaise (recipe follows) in a pool around each cupcake, and serve warm.
Store these cupcakes, in a cake saver or under a glass dome, at room temperature for up to 1 day. To reheat so the centers are molten once again, place the cupcakes on a microwave-safe plate and cover with paper towels. Heat on high power for 10 seconds, carefully remove, and serve.
Basic Chocolate Ganache
3/4 cup heavy (whipping) cream
1 1/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tbsp liqueur of your choice or 1 tsp of vanilla extract (optional)
Place the cream in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring it to a boil, stirring. Meanwhile, place the chocolate chips in a large stainless steel mixing bowl. Remove the cream from the heat and pour it over the chocolate. Stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted. Stir in the liqueur, if desired. Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour or chill for 20 to 30 minutes so it thickens to a spreadable consistency.
NOTE: Make the ganache the day or night before, cover with plastic wrap, and chill. For a bigger, bolder flavor, prepare it with Ghirardelli double chocolate baking chips, a bit less sweet than the typical semisweet chips. You can add 1 tbsp creme de cacao to the ganache to make it special, but this is easily omitted. Flavor these as you desire, by adding almond extract instead of vanilla, for example.
Cinnamon Créme Anglaise
2 cups whole milk
5 tbsp sugar
Pinch of salt
4 large egg yolks
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Place the milk, sugar, and salt in a heavy-bottomed medium-size saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the sugar dissolves, 2 to 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the egg yolks in a medium-size mixing bowl and beat with a fork until lemon colored. Remove the saucepan from the heat and ladle a large spoonful of the hot milk mixture over the egg yolks, stirring the yolks gently. Transfer the yolks to the milk mixture and stir to combine. Place the pan over medium-low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla and cinnamon. Spoon a generous tbsp of the warm sauce onto plates and place Warm Chocolate Cupcakes with Molten Centers on it.
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WARM CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH MOLTEN CENTERS
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Category: Cakes
Prep Time: Cook Time: Total Time:
Basic Chocolate Ganache (see below), chilled at least 1 hour
Cinnamon Créme Anglaise (see below)
Vegetable oil spray for misting the pans
flour for dusting the pans
1 package (18.25 oz) plain devil's food cake mix
1 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 cup confectioners sugar, for dusting
Prepare the Basic Chocolate Ganache (recipe follows), cover it with plastic wrap, and place it in the refrigerator to chill. Prepare the Cinnamon Créme Anglaise, cover it with plastic wrap placed right on the surface, and place it in the refrigerator to chill.
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly mist 24 cupcake cups with vegetable oil spray and dust them with flour. Shake out the excess flour. Set the pans aside.
Place the cake mix, water, oil, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and blend 1 1/2 to 2 minutes more, scraping down the sides again if needed. The batter should look well combined and thickened. Spoon or scoop 1/3 cup batter into each prepared cup, filling it three quarters of the way full. (You will get between 22 and 24 cupcakes.) Drop a heaping tspful of ganache onto the top of the batter in each cup. Place the pans in the oven.
Bake the cupcakes until the cake bakes up around the ganache, the tops are domed, and the cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed with your finger, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove the pans from the oven and place them on wire racks for 1 minute. Run a dinner knife around the edges of the cupcake cups, lift the cupcakes up from the bottoms of the cups using the end of the knife, and pick them out of the cups carefully with your fingertips. Place them on dessert plates, sift confectioners sugar over the top, spoon the créme anglaise (recipe follows) in a pool around each cupcake, and serve warm.
Store these cupcakes, in a cake saver or under a glass dome, at room temperature for up to 1 day. To reheat so the centers are molten once again, place the cupcakes on a microwave-safe plate and cover with paper towels. Heat on high power for 10 seconds, carefully remove, and serve.
Basic Chocolate Ganache
3/4 cup heavy (whipping) cream
1 1/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tbsp liqueur of your choice or 1 tsp of vanilla extract (optional)
Place the cream in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring it to a boil, stirring. Meanwhile, place the chocolate chips in a large stainless steel mixing bowl. Remove the cream from the heat and pour it over the chocolate. Stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted. Stir in the liqueur, if desired. Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour or chill for 20 to 30 minutes so it thickens to a spreadable consistency.
NOTE: Make the ganache the day or night before, cover with plastic wrap, and chill. For a bigger, bolder flavor, prepare it with Ghirardelli double chocolate baking chips, a bit less sweet than the typical semisweet chips. You can add 1 tbsp creme de cacao to the ganache to make it special, but this is easily omitted. Flavor these as you desire, by adding almond extract instead of vanilla, for example.
Cinnamon Créme Anglaise
2 cups whole milk
5 tbsp sugar
Pinch of salt
4 large egg yolks
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Place the milk, sugar, and salt in a heavy-bottomed medium-size saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the sugar dissolves, 2 to 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the egg yolks in a medium-size mixing bowl and beat with a fork until lemon colored. Remove the saucepan from the heat and ladle a large spoonful of the hot milk mixture over the egg yolks, stirring the yolks gently. Transfer the yolks to the milk mixture and stir to combine. Place the pan over medium-low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla and cinnamon. Spoon a generous tbsp of the warm sauce onto plates and place Warm Chocolate Cupcakes with Molten Centers on it.
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