Cream-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
- 1/2 cup agave nectar
- Meringue Frosting (page 96)
- Chocolate Ganache (page 92)
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Line 9 muffin cups with paper liners.
- To make the batter, in a large bowl, combine the coconut flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, grapeseed oil, and agave nectar.
- Blend the wet ingredients into the coconut flour mixture with a handheld mixer until thoroughly combined.
- Scoop 1/4 cup of batter into each prepared muffin cup.
- Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached.
- Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 1 hour.
- To assemble the cupcakes, remove each from its liner.
- Flip each cupcake upside down, and use a paring knife to carve out a circle just a bit larger than the size of a quarter and about 1 inch deep in the bottom center of each cupcake.
- Save the bottom pieces to reseal the cupcakes after filling.
- Use the knife to hollow out a bit more around the inside of the cupcakes, discarding the crumbs.
- Fill a pastry bag with the Meringue Frosting.
- Insert the tip of the pastry bag into the cupcake cavities and squeeze to fill.
- Trim the cupcake bottom pieces to make them thinner, then seal the cupcakes with the bottom pieces.
- Frost the cupcake tops with the Chocolate Ganache to a smooth finish, then decorate with the remaining Meringue Frosting, making a curlicue pattern across the top of each cupcake.
- Serve immediately.
coconut flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, eggs, grapeseed oil, nectar, meringue frosting, chocolate ganache
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cream-filled-chocolate-cupcakes-379049 (may not work)