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How to Make Dark Chocolate Sunflower Cupcakes

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Sunny sunflower is piped on top of dark chocolate coconut cream cheese filled cupcakes.

Ingredients

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Cupcake Batter

118.25 ounce package dark chocolate fudge cake mix

11/3 cup water

1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 large eggs

1/2 cup mini chocolate morsels-optional

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cupcake Filling

18 ounce package cream cheese, softened

1 egg

1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips or standard size

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting -Double recipe to frost 24 cupcakes

12 tablespoons room temperature real salted butter

23/4 cup confectioner’s sugar, sifted

11/2 tablespoons whole milk

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

food coloring gel- golden yellow

Ganache

1/2 cup whipping cream

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Line standard cupcake pan with cupcake liners, lightly spray liners with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix all Cupcake ingredients in mixing bowl and beat 2 minutes until combined.
  3. Mix all Filling ingredients in small bowl, set aside.
  4. Scoop 1 tablespoon into bottom of each cupcake liner, then 1 teaspoon of coconut filling, top with 1 tablespoon of cupcake batter or enough batter to cover filling up to 3/4 full in cupcake liner.
  5. Bake cupcakes at 350 for 20-22 minutes.  Remove from oven after baking and cool before frosting.  Place in refrigerator to create firm piping surface

Ganache

In small mixing bowl, heat whipping cream in microwave for 30 seconds or until warm but not boiling.  Remove from microwave and add chocolate morsels.  Do not stir, wait 5 minutes then stir until chocolate is melted and ganache is formed. Set aside.

Buttercream Frosting

  1. While cupcakes are baking, make your frosting.  Place all ingredients into mixing bowl of stand mixer fitted with paddle. Beat until creamy smooth.
  2. Remove from mixing bowl and place in smaller bowl, tint frosting with golden yellow gel until your desired color is created.
  3. Place golden yellow frosting in piping bag fitted with tip # 366 large leaf tip.
  4. With small offset spatula  spread buttercream around the perimeter of cupcake and leave the center open. Buttercream should be welled up on the sides to create depth of sunflower and a well to hold the ganache center.
  5. Holding piping tip with the V tip sideways so the depth of the V is horizontal, place tip into frosting on the outer edge of cupcake and pipe a single petal.  Repeat piping to create an edge of petals,  Repeat with second row but this time start piping from the inner edge of well of buttercream and pulling tip to cover edge of already piped petals.
  6. With small spoon or piping tip # 5, fill center of cupcake with ganache.  Sprinkle with chocolate jimmies.
  7. Cupcakes are ready to serve.  Keep refrigerated for 1-2 days.  Best eaten day you make.

Notes

Cupcakes can be baked ahead and frozen until ready to frost.

Recipe makes 24 standard cupcakes or 48 mini’s.

You will need to double the frosting recipe if you plan to frost all 24 cupcakes at one time. Recipe given is for 12 cupcakes.