Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcake, filled with chocolate raspberry ganache
and topped with a chocolate raspberry frosting.

For my birthday, I decided to make this recipe that I found on Pinterest. Chocolate raspberry cupcakes. And they were soo good. The cupcake was moist and stayed that way unusually long (good thing?), the filling melted in your mouth, and the frosting was velvety and delicious. They took a while to make, but they were definitely worth it.

First, I made the cupcake batter and put them in the oven. When they were done, I left them to cool and while I was waiting, I made the ganache. The ganache was runny at first, but after a day or two in the cupcakes, it hardened to the point of being almost like a soft truffle in the middle. That made the cupcakes hard to bite into without them falling apart! Definitely use a plate when eating these. And have napkins handy. After the ganache was done, I cored the cupcakes using the cone method, and filled them. Then I made the frosting and piped it on with a Wilton 1M tip. Something weird happened when I was piping them. The frosting started to come out weird. This happened because a little bit of chocolate that hadn't gotten melted got stuck in the tip. To fix it, I just took the tip off, washed it out, and put it back on. That's the only problem I had when making these!

Here's the recipe:

http://www.thecurvycarrot.com/2011/12/10/chocolate-raspberry-cupcakes/

This is probably the best recipe I've ever made. Give them a try!