Double Chocolate Cupcakes — Stacie Lamoore

These cupcakes were inspired by our wedding cake. They are a wonderfully light chocolate cupcake topped with a chocolate ganache frosting. The resulting cupcakes are a chocolate explosion. You can top them with whatever you like. I chose nonpareils in autumn colors. I debated trying to make small white chocolate hearts to again pay homage to the wedding theme but unfortunately I ran out of time when making these.A few days ago I did a tutorial on using Ganache as Frosting. It is a very easy way to get a rich chocolate frosting that looks and tastes amazing. If you feel like incorporating additional flavors into these cupcakes it would be quite easy to use a jam or compote filling in the cupcakes. I chose not to since I just wanted to really showcase the chocolate flavor.I received many compliments on these. I took them to a coworker who shared them with her family. They really loved the rich chocolate frosting combined with the fluffy chocolate cake. My only complaint was that I accidentally left them in a hot car for an hour and the frosting completely melted into puddles. They still tasted amazing, they just didn’t look too cute. So if you are going to make these, make sure you keep them out of extreme heat to maintain their adorable factor.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:82]