Chocolate Mousse Cupcakes
(Makes about 12 cupcakes - I got 15)
4 heaping tablespoons of all-purpose flour
2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt + good pinch for egg whites
10 oz dark chocolate
1 cup/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temp
6 eggs, separated
Grated chocolate for decoration (optional)
- Preheat over to 350'
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler or microwave. Don't cook - the chocolate and butter should be just melted
- Beat egg yolks and sugar until light yellow and foamy. Beat in melted chocolate until totally blended
- Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff but not dry. Gently fold into chocolate mixture. Divide mixture into 2 parts and put oe of the in refrigerator to be used later to frost cupcakes. Gently whisk flour mixture into other half until it's completely absorbe.
- Fill cupcake papers about 2/3 full with batter and bake 15-20 minutes. Don't overcook. Cupcakes should be just cooked and moist in the center. Remove from oven and cool.
- When cupcakes are cool, frost with remaining chocolate mousse. Decorate with grated chocolate.
7 comments:
ohmygod...pictures?!
the masses have spoken, we want pictures! and fed ex shipments!
and who is jeff?! what happened to fetus??? :)
Don't you worry your pretty little head off Seema, the Fetus is alive and well. Jeff is my cover for when i'm out and about among the common folk. Consider it my Clark Kent. To the matter at hand: these cupcakes are(for lack of a perfect curt description) astoundingly, unabashedly, mercilessly, unapologetically fantabulous. Halfway through that sentence I had to decide if I felt I was going a bit too far. My decision: not nearly far enough. These cupcakes kinda leveled me. T-money's description of these cupcakes as "like eating chocolate cake batter" is almost perfect. All i would add is this: it's like eating chocolate cake batter that doesn't make you sick afterwards. Make these, try one, and when you're done orgasming, go tell a friend.
Ha. I love Fetus's screen name bc I get it. Can we combine the names Fetus and Jeff and call you Feff?
In other news. The fact that you guys are seriously making a batch of cupcakes a week - I am so impressed by your stick-to-it-iveness!!
PS - Feff, I will forgive you for writing "orgasming" since I had to write "wipe yourself" about twelve times at NJ90210.
Feff's description of this cupcake is right on. I almost fell off of my chair after I wet myself from trying not to groan too loudly at work. This is an extremely effective and highly dangerous cupcake.
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