Death By Chocolate Cupcakes!

Visiting my brother in Utah and got a special request from Chantelle (my sister-in-law) to make something crazy chocolatey.... So inevitably I made theses babies!

Death By Chocolate Cupcakes!

 Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cup                       All-purpose flour
3/4 cup                                 Unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 and 1/2 cup                       Sugar
1 and 1/2 tsp.                       Baking powder
3/4 tsp.                                 Salt
2                                           Eggs (large)
3/4 cup                                 Buttermilk
3 tbls.                                   Vegetable oil
3/4 cup                                 Water (warm)


Pre-heat oven to 350. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcakes liners. In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, mix together flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs, buttermilk, oil, and water and beat until fully incorporated. Pour into cupcake liners (only half way because they rise super big!). Bake until done (toothpick comes out clean).

Chocolate Ganache:

12 oz.                                  Dark chocolate (cut into small pieces)
1 cup                                   Heavy cream


Place chopped chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small sauce pan, bring heavy cream to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Stir immediately until chocolate is fully melted. Fill cupcakes with cooled ganache.

Chocolate Buttercream:

1 cup                                    Unsalted butter, room temp
4 cups                                   Powdered sugar
1/2 cup                                 Dark chocolate, melted


In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream butter until lightened. Slowly add powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully incorporated. Slowly add melted dark chocolate, then beat until fully incorporated.