Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting

Name: Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1½ cups (7½ ounces/213 grams), unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 cup, granulated sugar (7 ounces/198 grams); 1½ teaspoons, baking powder; ½ teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), room temperature; ½ cup, sour cream; 1 , large egg plus 2 large yolks; 1½ teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 cup, heavy cream; 8 ounces (227 grams), semisweet chocolate, chopped

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2003

It turns out that the best cupcake recipe is also the easiest to make. And the richest chocolate frosting is even easier.

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SERVES Makes 12 cupcakes

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 45 minutes cooling and 45 minutes chilling

Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting

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