Champagne Cup Cupcakes is a modern British recipe for a classic white sponge cupcakes that contain chocolate champagne ganache in their centres and are finished with champagne icing and which are ideal for New Year celebrations or even weddings. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Champagne Cup Cupcakes.
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These white celebration cupcakes hide a secret: they have champagne chocolate ganache in their centres and have champagne-flavoured icing — great for toasting New Year these also make excellent table centrepieces for weddings.
For the Champagne Ganache:
100g (3 1/ oz) dark chocolate, broken into pieces
3 tbsp double cream
3 tbsp champagne
For the Champagne Icing:
200g icing sugar
45g butter
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
50ml champagne
Method:
Begin with the ganache. allow to melt slowly. Take off the heat, mix to combine thoroughly then beat in the champagne. Set aside to cool as you prepare the cake batter.
Combine the sugar and butter in a bowl. Cream together until pale and fluffy then add the eggs, one at a time, beating to combine after each addition. Now add the vanilla extract and stir to combine.
Sift together the flour and baking powder then add to the creamed mixture, stirring until you have a smooth batter.
Grease, flour and line 18 muffin muffin tin wells then fill each well no more than 1/3 full with the cake batter. Spoon a teaspoon of the chocolate and champagne ganache into the centre then spoon over more of the cake batter until the muffin well is 3/4 full. Transfer to an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for 20 minutes, or until well risen, cooked through and golden brown on top.
Turn the cupcakes onto a wire rack to cool. In the meantime, prepare the icing: Cream together the sugar, butter and vanilla extract until pale and fluffy (using a machine is easiest). Slowly add the champagne to the creamed mixture, mixing continually until you have a spreading consistency. As soon as your cake has cooked, spread the icing (frosting) over the top and sides.
