Double Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes filled with Chocolate Ganache and Topped with Creamy Goat Cheese Frosting
Man, that’s a mouthful. (And it was a good one, too!) I made this cupcake to enter in the Ile de France Cheese Recipe Contest. The cheese I was given to work with: GOAT CHEESE.
I was originally going to make my first cheesecake with it. Then I remembered CHEESE was the ingredient for this month’s Iron Cupcake (IC) Challenge. So I switched from cheesecake to cupcakes. That way I can make a showing in both, even though I can’t win IC again for another year. But that’s okay, because I’m hoping to win big in the Ile de France Cheese Recipe Contest. The winner takes home a grand prize of $1,000. Man, I could buy a lot of butter with that… and some cheese, too of course.
You can cast your vote by clicking on the five stars
at the bottom of the recipe at this link (HERE [2]).
Now, here’s how I gave these Chocolate Zucchini cupcakes a french twist.
Key ingredient: Ile de France Goat Cheese
What a cute label. I used the goat cheese in the frosting and it tasted really yummy with the chocolate cupcakes.
Then, I used Valrhona Semisweet chocolate (a french chocolate) mixed in the cupcake batter and also for the ganache.
Here are the cupcakes before they were frosted.
And here’s a picture of the inside so you can see the ganache.
You’re still here? You must have forgotten, I need your vote please.
VOTE HERE [2] by clicking on the five stars at the bottom of the link.
But, if you absolutely don’t want to vote, here’s the recipe anyway:
Double Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes filled with Chocolate Ganache and Topped with Creamy Goat Cheese Frosting
Double Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa, natural unsweetened
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup whole milk, room temperature
1 cup shredded zucchini
3.5 oz. Valrhona semi-sweet chocolate bar, chopped in chunks
8. Bake for 15-18 minutes.
Creamy Goat Cheese Frosting
5 oz. Ile de France goat cheese
3 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
3 cups confectioner’s sugar, room temperature
1/2 tsp vanilla
Chocolate Ganache
2 oz. Valrhona semi-sweet chocolate bar, chopped in chunks
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup confectioners sugar
To assemble:
Enjoy!
Okay, I’m giving you one more chance. VOTE FOR MY RECIPE HERE [2]… please. Just click on the five stars at the bottom of the link to cast your vote. I think this constitutes begging at this point.
Learn more about Ile de France Cheese [8] and check out the other cheese recipes here [9].
And don’t forget, Iron Cupcake voting begins Sunday, October 26th here [10] in case you want to vote for my fellow Iron Cupcakers. IC Prizes include: cardboard cupcake art [11], a pair of cupcake earrings [12], Cupcake T-shirt [13], Head Chefs [14], Hello, Cupcake! Book [15], Jessie Steele Apron [16], Cupcake Courier [17] and the Taste of Home Cookbook. [18] Oh yeah, I’m donating this month’s Cupcake T-shirt [13]. So, that makes another reason why I’m not eligible to win. Hope you like the shirt.
Thanks guys!
URLs in this post:
[1] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/2956033130/
[2] HERE: http://www.iledefrancecheese.com/blog/?p=54
[3] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/2955185257/
[4] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/2955185445/
[5] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/2956030210/
[6] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/2955174821/
[7] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakerella/2955185671/
[8] Ile de France Cheese: http://iledefrancecheese.com/
[9] here: http://iledefrancecheese.com/blog/
[10] here: http://mkecupcakequeen.blogspot.com/
[11] cardboard cupcake art: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5738002
[12] a pair of cupcake earrings: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6057281
[13] Cupcake T-shirt: http://www.bakelove.com/cupcake_t-shirt.html
[14] Head Chefs: http://www.fiestaproducts.com/
[15] Hello, Cupcake! Book: http://blog.hellocupcakebook.com/
[16] Jessie Steele Apron: http://www.jessiesteele.com/
[17] Cupcake Courier: http://www.cupcakecourier.com/
[18] Taste of Home Cookbook.: http://www.tasteofhome.com/