Monica and I are at it again and have baked up another “cupcake” from Martha Stewart’s Cupcake cookbook. Our first cupcake though in Martha’s cookbook was one we found off on Bake or Break and baked together. For Monica’s birthday I sent her Martha’s cupcake cookbook and hinted that perhaps we could bake some of the cupcakes from it together. These black forest cupcakes are our first official ones and my choice.
I’d like to tell you that I loved these cupcakes but the truth is they’re chocolate and as you know I’m not a fan. With that said though Miss Karolyn, our “resident” chocolate lover loved them and thought they 
were perfect! Truthfully except for the chocolate the cupcake itself was perfect. It was moist and not too dense. Tender but not crumbly. They stayed fresh for a few days. I baked them on Friday night and I just put together another one for us to share. The cupcake tasted just like it did the first night. While the cupcake part was stellar the pastry cream was so-so and the ganache was well, ganache, only as good as the chocolate you use. The one thing I did like about the ganache was the addition of corn syrup which kept it from hardening.
Some of you who know me may be wondering why in the world I chose these cupcakes (I wondered that myself a few times) but cherry filled desserts are making the rounds with cherry and chocolate seeming to be the favorite. I’d never tried the two together and thought to give it a try. I also wanted to try making pastry cream. With this cupcake I’d get to kill two birds with one stone so to speak. Funny enough but neither one of those things stood out in this recipe.
I only made a third of the cupcake batter and baked mine in a bigger version of this mini cheesecake pan. Monica graciously cut the recipes into thirds for us so we wouldn’t have 30 cupcakes hanging around. I made six king size ones. If any of you are interested in the 1/2 and 1/3 recipes of ganache and pastry cream I’d be happy to forward them to you.
Okay, if you haven’t already go check out Monica’s Black Forest Cupcakes as her photos are sure to be even better than mine.
48 comments:
This cupcake looks absolutely amazing.
The Blackberry Lemon Bundt Cake looks incredible too.
That cupcake is not only adorable it looks delicious! Please send one my way Ingrid!
I bought this book and have yet to make anything from it! I absolutely love the book! These look so good Ingrid, chocolate and cherries is a favorite of my!
Those cupcakes look so moist and gorgeously rich! A fantastic treat!
Cheers,
Rosa
Ingrid, you're killin' me with all of the treats lately- I'm supposed to be avoiding them! lol.
I've been eying this recipe for a while now but have yet to make them. They look sooooo good!
The cupcake looks simply divine!
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They turned out sooo pretty! I am shocked you picked this recipe with the chocolate base, but I pick things I dont love sometimes just for the experience and the hope I wont eat whatever it is that I baked!!
Great pictures!
These look yummy!
Your pictures are absolutely gorgeous, those look like a winner.
Wow - could these be any more tasty? They look so delicious and pretty.
***THUD***
I died.
Wow, cupcakes looks soooo delicious!!! Just stumbled on your blog.....nice!
How fun! That's for sharing. Cool to see the way Monica put her cupcake together like a little layer cake! Very creative.
I just want to lick the ganache off the top!
michelle
How gorgeous can those cupcakes be?! Awesome job. They sound delicious too.
Well, they certainly look gorgeous! Anything covered in ganache is a winner in my book! ;)
I wasn't too thrilled with the outcome of the cupcake that's why I included the cherry pics and the layer cake. I love your pictures though, especially the cloe up of the ganache- mmmm! I want to lick it :-)
I assemble a 4-inch cake of this, wrapped it up and refrigerated it for a couple days and it was still good! I thought it would be total mush and it wasn't. The ganache was more like pudding in texture but nice.
I love baking with you and I can't wait to see what we come up with next time. I promise it won't be chocolate :-)
You rock Ingrid and thanks again for the book!
those are some huge honkin' cherries! i actually don't usually like the cherry-chocolate combo, but this is undeniably appealing!!
Gorgeous...I really need to get this book! Another awesome use for that fabulous cheesecake pan! :)
I am so impressed.
Ingrid, you make me smile. Chocolate is not my first choice either but I would've done the same thing, make them for others. These look like a labor of love. Well done!
I think your photos are excellent!! I love that you made giant cupcakes out of them. They look so pretty and so scrumtpious!!
I'm so excited to start making things out of this book by Martha. These look delish! And if the resident chocolate expert liked 'em, they were probably delicious!
Btw- I didn't really do anything different with my pics, I made a light box a few months back and have been experimenting with it. It's just a plan ol' cardboard box, with large squares cut in the left and right sides and the top, and then you shine some cheap lights on it and quickly adjust settings on your camera. (Sounds complicated, but so isn't.) If you're interested let me know and I'll try to find the step-by-step guide I used to make it!
What fun cupcakes!!
Hi there Ingrid,
I have to admit. You nailed your review of the nutella brownies. In my opinion, the nutella added to the fudgy texture and taste. I have made brownies before and these where on my counter for four days and they were still moist and yummy, which is uncommon with brownies.
I am glad you tried them.
I wonder what it would taste like if you add 1 cp of nutella and no peanut butter?!
They look really good! Too bad I am allergic to cherries :(
YUM! They look fantastic!
These cupcakes look delish! I love chocolate and cherries so I'll have to give them a try!
Well I like chocolate so I don't mind helping you out with these... they really are super cool!
That looks so pretty!!! I love cherry and chocolate together, and that gooey ganache and pastry cream look so inviting and scrumptious. YUM!
Ingrid,
It is me again.
I had to stop by and ask why are you making two types of brownies that late at night?! LOL...
I am in bed at a 11 pm! haha
Thanks for the wonderful comments.
I can't believe I only just now found your blog! These cupcakes look incredible!
Those are some of the prettiest cupcakes I've seen! They look fabulous! Well done! I happen to love chocolate and cherry together, so they wouldn't last long here.
What gorgeous cupcakes! Cherries and chocolate are so delicious together - great choice :)
I haven't made a single thing from her book. Those look fun. I love making layer type cakes, but they're huge. With cupcakes, they're cuter and smaller!
Wow these look delicious! Sometimes I wish I didn't like chocolate, it would definitely save me a few (or many) calories! These cupcakes are beautiful! I haven't bought martha's book yet but now I am going to rush out asap and get it, these are awesome!
-Whitney
These look so delicious! I'm a big fan of cherries, but most of all, I'm an even bigger lover of chocolate! Now if only chocolate didn't have that much calories it'd be perfect! I'm craving for some right now, they really look yummy!
These look heavenly! Of course I love chocolate and pastry cream!
Well done, these loook AHmazing.
While I am not a big fan of chocolate adn cherry together I would still eat one of these- Especially with all that ooey gooey ganache.
I cannot believe I forgot to come take a look at these, especially after the way you described them. I was so tired the past few days, especially from PT - and my camera broke :(....AND, other crappy, busy situations that popped up unexpectedly.
That said, they look even better than you described them. I'd be slurping up that pastry cream like it's nobodie's business...even though it was so-so. The chocolate ganache mixed in would take it up several levels - at least for me! That said, I also can't take my eyes off your gorgeous blackberry cobbler. You have been on a baking spree this week..and I wish I was there to sample all of it!
Looking at those makes me a little weak in the knees...in a good way!
I have that book, and funny, this recipe never caught my eye. But it sure looks delicious on your blog!
If I liked chocolate, I would soooo make this!!! It looks delicious!!
This looks delicious :) A great job. That pan has been on my wishlist since forever!!
yum! love a black forest cupcake for sure!
They're so cute! And I HATE hard cupcakes, so it's nice to know they stay moist for awhile.
I've never tried black forest cupcakes before! or black forest cake either, looks delicious!
WOW. These look so decadent and absolutely to die for!
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