Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes With Dark Chocolate Ganache

These Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes are rich, deeply chocolatey, and incredibly tender, with a luscious dark chocolate ganache that melts smoothly on top. Each bite is indulgent yet perfectly balanced, making these cupcakes an irresistible treat for any chocolate lover.

INGREDIENTS:

Chocolate Cupcakes

• 1 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
• 2 cups Caster Sugar
• 1 cup Cocoa Powder
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 medium Eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup Whole Milk
• ½ cup Vegetable Oil
• 1 cup Hot Water

Dark Chocolate Ganache

• 500 grams Dark Chocolate Couverture
• 2 cups Whipping Cream or Heavy Cream

Garnish

• 12-14 pieces Fresh Strawberries, cut into halves

PROCEDURE:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Turn on the bottom heat.
2. Combine all the dry ingredients. In a mixing bowl, add the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda and baking powder. Mix everything until well blended. Set it aside. 
3. In another bowl, add the eggs, milk, and oil. Whisk together until well blended.
4. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Don’t overmix the batter.
5. Add hot water to thin the batter.
6. Fill each cupcake paper with ¼ cup mixture. Place the cupcake pans on top and in the middle of the oven. Bake for 18 minutes. Don’t forget to rotate the cupcake pans halfway through baking time for even baked cupcake results.
7. Time to make the chocolate ganache. In a mixing bowl, prepare 500 grams of chocolate. Heat the whipping cream in a small pot using medium heat. Do not boil. Just simmer it. Pour the whipping cream into the bowl of chocolates. Mix until the chocolates are melted and have a creamy consistency. Cool in the fridge for 40-60 minutes. Once cupcakes are baked, remove from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
8. Get the cold dark chocolate ganache from the fridge. Using a mixer, whip the ganache until medium fluffy.  Put the ganache in a piping bag with a 1 M piping tip. Start piping a rosette on top of the cupcakes. 
9. You may add some slices of strawberries on top for decoration. 
10. Ready to serve.