Chocolate Cupcakes (Whipped Ganache Fail)

Chocolate Cupcakes with whipped icing

I baked chocolate cupcakes for a chocolate lover’s birthday. I wanted a silky ganache frosting, but it didn’t exactly turn out that way.

I used some milk chocolate and some semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted with heavy cream. After chilling, I whipped this chocolate-y concoction with some vanilla extract and a touch of powdered sugar.

Note that the window is small for the perfect whipped ganache. Mine went from liquid to overwhipped (that interesting “texture” you see pictured above wasn’t intended) in the blink of an eye. I didn’t have time–or supplies–to start over, so I rolled with it. Still tasted good!

Chocolate Cupcake

I’ll let you know next time I give this frosting a shot!

Some whipped ganache recipes, if you want to try:

Your Cup of Cake
Martha Stewart

Chocolate Cupcake with milk
Nothing like a fresh, cold glass of milk with a chocolate cupcake!

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