Comments on: Double Chocolate Cupcakes

By: Bungalow Barbara

Bungalow Barbara — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:03:19 +0000

I ended up using more ganache — and used my thermometer stem because I couldn’t find the skewers. It worked great! Glad that these found a good home even if they weren’t your favorite.

By: anitsirK

anitsirK — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:30:17 +0000

Hanaâ, the ones I made last weekend were the first two recipes in the Baby Cakes chapter. I had a bunch of leftover frostings in the freezer, and I was getting annoyed at all my little plastic tubs being in use and cluttering things up, so I decided it was cupcake time.

Vicki, a chopstick probably would have worked well. That would make more of a ganache ‘plug’, which would be a bit like the barcelona brownies we made near the very beginning of this project, I guess.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:43:03 +0000

My first attempt with this recipe was cupcakes and I resorted to stuffing them with a decorating gun. Still, they were dry-ish. After protests about giving them all away, I made a round cake. It wasn’t as dry after adding a bit more water on Mendy’s advice. I used a chopstick for bigger holes. It wasn’t as dry and very well liked at my daughter’s office.

By: Hanaa

Hanaa — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:21:24 +0000

Too bad this wasn’t your favorite. The thermometer probe would have given you larger holes. I used a wooden skewer (not a toothpick) and had nice “ganache puddles”. The cake was a bit on the dry side but it was still very chocolatey. Which vanilla & choc cupcakes from Rose’s book are you referring to?

By: ButterYum

ButterYum — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:32:01 +0000

I was wondering if anyone was going to attempt this week’s cake in cupcake form. Sorry it wasn’t one of your favorites, but glad your friend appreciated the enough to take the leftovers.

ButterYum