Recipe Box, Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Ganache filling and Creme de Menthe Frosting
There’s still time to get your green on for St. Patrick’s Day!
How about a decadent chocolate cupcake filled with a minty chocolate ganache and topped with cream cheese icing and a chocolate mint candy?
These cupcakes are bound to be a solid gold hit with any leprechauns~
I found this recipe on Your Cup of Cake, thank you Lizzie!
She used some of my favorite cake mix doctor tricks, adding sour cream and buttermilk, and I made an additional swap of butter for the oil. She used part buttermilk and part water but I eliminated the water and just used buttermilk
Start by melting the butter in a large bowl and whisk in the sour cream and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, stirring well after each one
Now add 1/3 the cake mix and stir, then half of the buttermilk, and stir. Repeat and end with the last 1/3 of the cake mix. This method ensures you get a well mixed batter
These cakes really grow while baking so don’t fill the papers too full
While cakes are baking make the ganache filling by melting chocolate chips and cream
[My chips were perfect after 2 rounds of 30 seconds each on medium power]
Stir in powdered sugar and peppermint extract
As soon as cakes are done use a squeeze bottle with a large tip opening to insert ganache into warm cakes
Let cakes cool thoroughly before frosting
Beat cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar with a dash of heavy cream, peppermint extract and green food coloring
Frost away and top with a piece of chocolate mint
CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH PEPPERMINT GANACHE FILLING
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3 large eggs
- 1 stick 8 Tablespoons, butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
Peppermint Ganache
- 2/3 cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp peppermint extract
Creme de Menthe Frosting
- 8 oz low fat cream cheese
- 6 T unsalted butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- green food coloring
- 6 Andes Chocolate Mint candy cut into 1/4s
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Melt butter in a large mixing bowl in microwave. Add sour cream and vanilla and mix with a whisk. Add eggs one at a time stirring well after each one.
- Add 1/3 of the cake mix and stir, then half of the buttermilk, and stir. Repeat and end with the last 1/3 of the cake mix.
- Full paper lined cupcake pan with batter, about 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for 14-16 minutes, or until just done. Remove from oven and fill immediately with ganache
- Melt chocolate with cream using your preferred method. Stir in powdered sugar and peppermint until smooth. Use a squeeze bottle to fill warm cakes
Frosting
- Let cakes cool thoroughly before frosting
- Beat ingredients together until well mixed and frost cupcakes. Garnish with a large piece of an Andes Chocolate Mint
You can see how I “painted” my table green here and many more wonderful St. Patrick’s Day tables over at Cuisine Kathleen’s 7th annual St. Patrick’s Day blog crawl here
Thanks so much for stopping by~
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Wow, these sound amazing – peppermint ganache and creme de mint? Over the top!
Sounds like the perfect ending to St. Paddy’s Day Jenna! I’m a big fan of doctored cake mixes and ganache on anything! ♣
Perfect for St. Patty’s Day! We’re having our corned beef and cabbage today, wish I had some of these for dessert-enjoy:@)
Those look positively decadent!! I love that white tray!
Thanks Carole! I got the tray at Home Goods a year or two ago
Oh, honey! You are speaking my language here! These look incredible!
Sinful they are!
I’m dreaming of one (or two) of these fabulous cupcakes!
Thanks Emily, we served these to friends last night and they were licking their plates 🙂
I can tell everyone from my personal experience last night! That cupcake melts in your mouth! SO delicious! Jenna is a great cook as well as an artist too!!
ha! thanks Vicki!
This is a great cupcake for a very special celebration! Your post is awesome and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Happy Spring!
Miz Helen
I love minty treats, these look wonderful! Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!! Laura@Baking in Pyjamas
Peppermint and chocolate has got to be one of my favorite flavor combinations. These sound heavenly for sure!!