Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes

The top two requests I get for cupcakes are chocolate and Red Velvet. Curiously, Red Velvet requests usually come from women, and chocolate requests come from men. I was playing World of Warcraft when I was thinking up ideas for this weekend's cupcake, and since I play with a bunch of guys for the most part, chocolate it was. 

We happened to have some Kahlua in the pantry. It isn't something we generally keep around the house, but we had some leftover from election night when we made "I Can See White Russians From My House" and the clerk at the liquor store convinced my husband to buy the holiday variety pack.

I went back and forth a bit on whether I should dip the cupcakes in ganache or use it as a filling, but in the end it came down to a time constraint since I stayed up way too late last night playing Apples to Apples with some friends, so I went with the quicker option and dipped them. They came out pretty and shiny, so I think it was a good choice after all. 

Recipe Notes: You'll probably have extra ganache. It's delicious on ice cream or just eaten out of the pot with a spoon, so it's not generally an issue around here. If it is, you can probably reduce the recipe by a third. The Kahlua buttercream, however, doesn't make enough to fully frost all the cupcakes. That was okay for me, because I wanted to make some alcohol-free cupcakes, and because I didn't have any butter left, but if it's an issue for you, you could probably add another half a stick of butter and up to a cup of powdered sugar. 

Recipes

Comments

[Aly]

I want.

[Rya Riot]

the cupcakes sounds delicious! would you be willing to share the whole recipe? If not, no worries!
-RR

[Kristie]

Ugh, that looks heavenly.

[Rachel Allaway]

Hi Rya, There's a link to the full recipes at the bottom of the page. You can also find them here: http://comfortmewithapples.typepad.com/home/chocolate-kahlua-cupcakes.html

You'll have to let me know if you make them!

[FiendClub]

Bake something woman!!