Here we are at a Tuesday again (my don’t the weeks fly by?!) and it’s time for Tuesdays with Dorie. This week’s recipe is Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes chosen by the lovely Clara of IHeartFood4Thought .
These cupcakes are not overly sweet. They use both cocoa powder and melted bittersweet chocolate plus some buttermilk for moistness-although I thought they could have used a bit more- maybe it was me. Finished with a simple glaze of melted chocolate, butter and a tiny amount of confectioner’s sugar I find them to be more of an adult taste than your usual cuppies. The recipe also makes a manageable size at 12 cupcakes only. You can find them on pages #215-216 of Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan. I used Valrhona Alpaco 66% Feves- an outstanding chocolate that is already in pieces (feves) that are easy to measure and to melt- my friend Jeff was kind enough to let me have a 3 kilo bag of Alpaco at what (I’m sure) was cost minus. He’s a great friend and a great chef- XO Jeff!
My only problem is that I have Favourite Fudge Cake and next to it all other chocolate cakes seem to pale by comparison. Rick always takes a bite and says “Good- but not as good as Favourite Fudge Cake!” So, although the recipe is delicious and I highly recommend it - I will still be using my old standby when it comes to chocolate cakes. Go check out all of the other TWD crowd’s Chocolate-Chocolate Cupcakes here.
All your raves about the fudge cake and I might have to give it a try too! Your cupcakes are adorable with their rainbow sprinkles. Thanks for baking with me this week!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
I went with rainbow sprinkles too. Look delicious! I used semisweet choc. in the frosting and it was terrific.
These are so cute! But I agree, I won’t be abandoning my favorite cupcake recipe for this one. On to the rugelach!
Hmmmm… your cupcakes are darling, but now I want that fudge cake! So – have you ever tried the fudge cake as cupcakes? I really want to find a perfect chocolate cake recipe that gets nice domes as cupcakes. Again, I am so excited to have you in TWD! We should totally bake the challenge together one week. I’m pretty open if you are interested.
Although these are gorgeous, and that chocolate has such a pretty glossy shine, I just checked out your favorite fudge cake, and all I can say is OMG!!!
Love the sprinkles! Classic! Great job!
Darling! Thanks for the link to the favorite recipe, too.
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