Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache Filling

Name: Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache Filling
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 2 ounces (57 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 1/4 cup, heavy cream; 1 tablespoon, confectioners' sugar; 3 ounces (85 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 1/3 cup (1 ounces/28 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa; 3/4 cup, hot coffee; 3/4 cup (4⅛ ounces/117 grams), bread flour; 3/4 cup (5¼ ounces/149 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 6 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 2 large, eggs; 2 teaspoons, white vinegar; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup (2⅓ ounces/66 grams), granulated sugar; 2 large, egg whites; pinch, table salt; 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks), unsalted butter, cut into 1-tablespoon pieces and softened; 6 ounces (170 grams), bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2010, America's Test Kitchen TV

There’s only so much chocolate you can cram into a cupcake before the texture literally falls apart. To get our fill, we had to think beyond the batter.

SERVES Makes 12 cupcakes

TIME 1 hour, plus 30 minutes chilling and 1 hour 20 minutes cooling

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