Hidden Strawberry Chocolate Cupcake:
Ingredients:
Dry Ingredient
- All-purpose flour – 1 cup
- Cocoa powder – ½ cup
- Granulated sugar – ¾ cup
- Baking powder – ¼ tsp
- Baking soda – 1 tsp
- Salt – ¼ tsp
- Sugar sprinkles- ¼ cup
- Cupcake paper molds – 24
Wet Ingredient:
- Egg –2 nos
- Canola oil – ½ cup
- Buttermilk – ½ cup
- Freshly brewed coffee – ¼ to ½ cup
- Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Choco Ganache Frosting
- Heavy whipping cream – ½ cup
- Semi sweet choco chip – 1 cup
- Butter – 2 tblsp
Strawberry whipped cream Frosting
- Heavy whipping cream -1 pint
- Confectionery/ powdered sugar – 1 cup
- Chopped strawberries – 2 tblsp
- Strawberry puree – ¼ cup
- Food color (pink) – 2-4 drops
Procedure:
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree F and grease the pan and keep aside
- Take a mixing bowl, add all the dry ingredient except sugar and mix well
- In a wide mixing bowl add sugar and oil. Beat well until it become light and fluffy. Add egg one at a time. Now add buttermilk and vanilla essence to the wet ingredient mixture. Beat until everything incorporated well.
- Add the freshly brewed coffee to the mixture and mix finely.
- Later, add the dry ingredient mixture slowly and whisk together, now the batter is all set to bake.
- Pour the batter to the lined cupcake molds and bake it for 15-18 mins or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Making Ganache:
- Melt the Choco chip by means of double boiler/ Bain Marie method/ microwave it for about 60-70 seconds.
- By using a spatula, mix the melted white and dark chocolate thoroughly without any lumps and strain the chocolates into a separate bowl and keep aside.
- Cool down the ganache pour before over the cake.
- Making Strawberry whipping cream
- In a Wide mixing bowl pour the heavy whipping cream along with confectionery/ powdered sugar and beat on high speed until stiff peak form.
- Add the fresh strawberry puree to the cream and fold it gently.
- Making Ganache:
- Using a plain tip add the strawberry whipped cream in the piping bag and keep aside.
- Put a hole in the center of the cupcakes and fill it with strawberry whipped cream.
- Now dip the cupcakes into the Choco ganache and place over the wire rack to drain off the excess and sprinkle some sugar sprinkles if desire, refrigerate before serve
- Super creamy, delicious “Hidden Strawberry Chocolate Cupcakes” are ready to serve.