Delicious Chocolate Cupcakes, Bursting with Love
In the spirit of love and sweetness, we present a simple yet elegant recipe for heart-filled chocolate cupcakes with a pink ganache filling. This delectable dessert, made using Duncan Hines Devil's Food cake mix, is perfect for Valentine's Day or for when you just want to let someone know you love them!
Ingredients and Instructions
To create these charming cupcakes, you will need the following ingredients:
- Duncan Hines Devil's Food cake mix
- Water, oil, and eggs (as per the package instructions)
- White chocolate chips or finely chopped white chocolate
- Heavy cream
- Pink gel food coloring
- Powdered sugar (for optional decoration)
- A sifter (optional, for decoration)
- Two cupcake pans and 24 cupcake liners
- A large bowl, a scoop, a small spoon, and a heart-shaped cookie cutter
Follow these steps to bake and decorate your heart-filled chocolate cupcakes:
- Bake the Cupcakes:
- Mix the Duncan Hines Devil's Food cake mix with water, oil, and eggs as per the package instructions.
- Bake the cupcakes in cupcake liners at around 350°F for 18-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Prepare the Pink White Chocolate Ganache Filling:
- Finely chop 12 oz (350 g) white chocolate or use white chocolate chips.
- Heat 1/3 cup (80 ml) heavy cream until it just begins to simmer.
- Pour the hot cream over the white chocolate and let it sit for 1-2 minutes.
- Stir gently until smooth and fully combined.
- Add a few drops of pink food coloring gel into the ganache and mix until evenly colored.
- Cool the ganache until it thickens enough to hold shape but still soft enough to pipe (about 1 hour in the fridge or until spreadable).
- Fill the Cupcakes:
- Once cupcakes are cooled completely, use a small knife or cupcake corer to remove a small cone-shaped piece from the center.
- Pipe or spoon the pink ganache into the cavity.
- Replace the cupcake "lid" if you like, or simply leave filled.
- Decorate Cupcakes:
- Optionally top the cupcakes with frosting or chocolate ganache swirl.
- You can make a simple buttercream frosting with butter, powdered sugar, heavy cream, vanilla, and a touch of pink color if desired.
This process creates cupcakes with a smooth devil's food cake base and a creamy pink white chocolate ganache heart center.
Optional Tips
For some added texture, you're welcome to include some add-ins in the heart well before pouring the ganache. Putting toasted nuts, mini chocolate chips, cookie crumbles, or candy inside the heart well first and then adding the ganache on top will make a fun treat as well.
For a perfectly smooth ganache, using a handheld blender after mixing can help achieve the desired consistency. The ganache consistency can be adjusted by altering the chocolate-to-cream ratio for thicker or thinner filling.
With these heart-filled chocolate cupcakes, you'll be spreading love and sweetness in no time!
