Name: Whipped cream filled chocolate cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients: 1 cup cocoa powder; 1 1/2 cup flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; pinch salt; 4 eggs; 1 cup castor sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 2/3 cup oil; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 1 cup plain yoghurt; 2 cup whipping cream; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tbsp icing sugar; 180 g chocolate; dessert cream for desired consistency

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Ingredients (16)

For the cupcakes

1 cup	cocoa powder
1 1/2 cup	flour
1 1/2 tsp	baking powder
1 tsp	bicarbonate of soda
pinch	salt
4	eggs
1 cup	castor sugar
1 cup	brown sugar
2/3 cup	oil
2 tsp	vanilla essence
1 cup	plain yoghurt

For the cream filling

2 cup	whipping cream
1 tsp	vanilla essence
1 tbsp	icing sugar

For the ganache

180 g	chocolate
	dessert cream — for desired consistency

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 175°C and prepare 2 cupcake trays with cupcake liners.

Sift the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

In a separate large bowl, whip the eggs, castor sugar and brown sugar for 3-4 minutes.

Add the oil and vanilla essence to the egg sugar mixture.

Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the yoghurt to the egg and sugar mixture, mixing until combined between each addition.

Spoon batter into prepared cupcake trays.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool for 2 minutes in the pan before transferring to a wired rack to cool completely.

Cream Filling

Whip the cream, vanilla essence and icing sugar until desired peaks form. Once the cupcakes have cooled, slice the tops, set aside, pipe the whipped cream then pop the tops back on.

Chocolate ganache

Break up the chocolate slab in a bowl, melt the chocolate in microwave then stir in the dessert cream, adding slowly and mixing in-between each addition to reach the desired consistency (adding more dessert cream will make it runnier. Spoon and spread the chocolate ganache on the tops of the cupcakes and finally top as desired, here I added chopped Oreo pieces.

You can store these in the fridge in an airtight container and enjoy!

Reprinted with permission from Saadiyah Hendricks from Sadie’s Bubble of Yum, follow along on Instagram for more.