choclate espresso cupcakes

Chocolate Espresso Ganache:(a.k.a. Gale’s Famous Truffles from Butter, Sugar, Flour and Eggs)1 1/2 Cups creme fraiche or sour cream (I use sour cream)2 Tbsp finely ground espresso12 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
Combine the sour cream and espresso in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. As soon as it boils, turn off the heat.
Meanwhile, put the chopped chocolate in a medium bowl. Strain the hot sour cream mixture into the bowl. Whisk until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Cover and let rest in a cool place overnight. Do not refrigerate. The mixture will become firm but not hard.(If you want to roll into balls, I put the mixture in the refrigerator overnight.)
White Chocolate Cupcakes:6 oz. white chocolate, chopped2 sticks butter1 1/2 Cup sugar2 tsp vanilla6 eggs1 Cup all-purpose flour1 tsp. baking powder1/4 tsp. salt
Place white chocolate and butter in mixing bowl over saucepan with simmering water. Stir until melted and combined. Remove from heat and add the sugar, mix well. The butter will separate and come to the top. This is ok. Let cool for 10 minutes. Add the vanilla and beat with electric mixer for 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time. The mixture will thicken and will combine together. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into the mixture, mix on medium speed until blended.
Bake at 375 degrees for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 10 more minutes. Rotate pan and bake for 7 minutes longer.
Chocolate Buttercream:2 Sticks butter, at room temp1 tsp vanilla8 Tbsp. cocoa2 lb. bag of powdered sugarmilk
Mix the butter and cocoa together with a mixer, add vanilla. While mixing, gradually add the powdered sugar and add milk to get the consistency that you want.
To assemble the cupcake:Cut out a cone in the top/middle of the cupcake. Fill the hole with ganache and top with the piece of cupcake that you cut out. Pipe or spread on the buttercream.
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valentine days cup cakes

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Heres the storyline listed on the auction:The escaped bees were nor her fault...well, okay, so Olivia Ashfield did fall on their hives and they did severely sting a man and a dog, leaving Owen Rancourt without his trusty assistant and his best search-and-rescue dog. The rugged loner wanted revenge!But what wcs an heiress to a bakery fortune to do-other than to say, "Let him eat cake"?Unfortunately, that wasn't an option for Olivia. She couldn't slink back home or she'd lose the bet she'd made with her brother to fend for herself for eight weeks. So, she had to persuade Owen to hire her as his assistant The workload was daunting, but her incredibly good-looking boss made small-town Oanby just the place to get stung...by love!

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sharing some information about cup cakes..

A cupcake or fairy cake is a small cake designed to serve one person, usually made in a small paper cup container. As with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations, such as sprinkles, are defining characteristics of modern cupcakes.
Cupcakes are often served during a celebration, such as children's classroom birthday parties. Additionally they can be served as an accompaniment to afternoon tea. They are a more convenient alternative to cake because they don't require utensils or dividing into pieces because they are smaller.
A simple cupcake uses the same ingredients as most other standard cakes - incorporating butter, sugar, eggs, and flour.
The name "cup" cakes or "measure" cakes is believed to have developed because of the use of the practice of measuring the ingredients using a standard-sized cup instead of the previous practice of weighing the ingredients.
It is also possible that cupcakes came into being simply as smaller versions of the Victoria sponge cake, as the mixture required is exactly the same. The mixture is also the same as the quarter cake recipe, so called because it is made up of four ingredients in equal ratios; butter, self-raising flour, eggs and Castor sugar