Prince Cupcake - A Cream-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes Delight

Remember King Cupcake? Here's his little brother, Prince Cupcake.

This little beauty if a chocolate devil's food cupcake filled with a whipped cream filling and topped with chocolate ganache.  These cupcakes will not fail you.  They entice you. Can you believe I haven't had one yet?

The recipe for those of you late to the party is after the jump.

Happy Birthday to my big sister, Heather. These cupcakes were for her and hit the spot, I think.

Here are the recipes:

Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
adapted from Southern Living March 2007

1 (18.25 oz) package Devil's Food Chocolate Cake Mix
1 (16 oz) container sour cream
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 tsp orange extract
Vegetable cooking spray

1. Beat first 5 ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer just until dry ingredients are moistened. Increase speed to medium, and beat 3 to 4 minutes or until smooth, stopping to scrape bowl as needed.

2. Place paper baking cups in muffin pans (Optional: coat with cooking spray); spoon batter evenly into baking cups, filling each two-thirds full.

3. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (35 minutes for King Muffin pans). Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove cupcakes from pans to wire racks, and cool 1 hour or until completely cool.

Whipped Icing

Recipe from my friend, Marsha

5 T flour
1 c whole milk
1/4 t salt
1/2 c butter, slightly softened
1/2 c shortening
1 c sugar
1 t vanilla

Whisk together flour, milk and salt in a small saucepan. Cook over low to medium heat until think (whisk constantly so you don't get any lumps). I consider it thick when it becomes difficult to whisk.  Cool.

Beat butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture and beat again until light and fluffy. Beat slowly at first until incorporated and then at a high speed.  A KitchenAid stand mixer with the whisk attachment, if you have one, is recommended. This may take a little time so be patient. Lick the bowl from the cupcakes while you are waiting.

The finished mixture should be smooth on your tongue, not grainy.

Stores well in the refrigerator. However, whip it up again before using because it tends to separate a little.

Chocolate Ganache topping
adapted from a recipe on All Recipes

4 oz Bittersweet / Semi-sweet Chocolate bar, chopped (I used either Scharffen Berger or Ghirardelli)
1/2 cup Heavy Cream

Boil cream in a small saucepan. As soon as it starts to boil, pour over chopped chocolate in a bowl. Stir until smooth.  Let cool slightly.

Finishing the Cupcake

Put the whipped icing in a cake bag fitted with a large hole tip. Poke the tip in the top of the ganache-iced cupcake and fill to the top of the cupcake. Dip the top of the cupcake in the Ganache. Add a whipped cream blob on the top.  Sprinkle with Jimmies.

Eat.

Comments

[acmcclendon]

congrats on your self restraint, i don't think i could be as strong, those look amazing!!!

[June]

Those cupcakes are making me drool. I love the little stars and that chocolate ganache is exquisite. Thank you for the recipe and a very happy birthday to your sister Heather!

[stacy]

Oh my goodness.... those are delicious looking - I'm getting hungry just reading the recipe!

[TinyBubblesv]

I just want to reach in and grab one!!! They look simply delicious! How do you make your ganache so shiny! I love reading your blog...it makes me miss Milwaukee!