Comments on: chocolate cupcakes stuffed with strawberry chocolate ganache and frosted with chocolate glaze and buttercream

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:15:41 +0000

I just made these cupcakes! I LOVE them, easy and they look and taste gourmet!

By: Sadie

Sadie — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:24:54 +0000

I made these the night before my kiddo’s birthday party, and I was distraught when they fell. The next morning, with a little bit of science help from Baking Illustrated, I omitted the baking powder entirely, and doubled the baking soda. The cakes were perfectly even, delicious flavor, had an excellent crumb and no more drama.
The culprit? Natural cocoa vs. Dutch processed.
My tip-off: Baking Illustrated (p 342)
“Natural cocoa is more acidic than Dutch-processed, and when it was combined with baking powder, which also contains acid, it produced an excess of carbon dioxide gas. This in turn caused the cake to rise very fast and then fall in like a deflated balloon”

By: Suchi

Suchi — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:22:01 +0000

thank you for the recipe! I love your website. Very interesting set of cupcake recipes. I tried this one today and the cupcakes sank as I took them out of the oven. I think I followed most of the instructions….filled the cups (I ordered the same ones that you have on your website) 2/3 way full. The batter divided equally among 8 of these cups 2/3 way full. The taste of the cakes is really good. Just batter popped out of them all except just one.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:41:41 +0000

Made these today and they were great! Thanks for the awesome recipe!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:43:36 +0000

Thank you for this recipe! Just used it for my 1-year-old’s birthday party last weekend. I took my oven’s temperature and filled the cups halfway, but they still did sink in the middle. However, by the time they were stuffed with the ganache and glazed, you could never tell. Everyone thought they were amazing! (And I can’t believe that is your definition of a “simple” cupcake…)

By: Irina

Irina — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:03:10 +0000

Hi, I’ve been looking at this recipe, the strawberry frosting chocolate cupcake recipe, and the mint chocolate cupcake recipe. What are their overall differences? Thanks :)

By: chockylit

chockylit — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:04:40 +0000

Two things – don’t overfill the cupcake cup (around half full – no more!) and make sure your oven is hot enough. If they don’t rise over the top they are fine. If there is too much batter they will rise over the top and deflate some.