Chocolate & Cinnamon

If you worked here you’d be eating chocolate cinnamon cupcakes!

But you probably don’t work here so you’re out of luck.

 

The cupcakes I made this weekend were a success.  I used a simple chocolate cupcake recipe by Chockylit and added 2 teaspoons of cinnamon after reducing the cocoa by the same amount.  It gave the cupcakes a light cinnamon flavour to complement the dark chocolate and the aroma was wonderful.

 

The frosting was a basic chocolate ganache (another recipe from Chockylit!).  I was a little worried at first as it was very runny and there was nothing to indicate how long it would take to thicken.  I am not a patient person and it was already late at night so I decided to refrigerate it and deal with it later.  The next day it was completely hard which I had expected.  After melting it down I left it on the counter to firm up naturally and it worked out perfectly!  The 70% dark chocolate made the frosting a great match for the sweeter cupcake.

 

As a garnish I mixed up some white sugar and cinnamon.  The sugar added that little extra sparkle.  I would recommend adding this right before serving.  I sprinkled the mix on to the cupcakes the previous night and the combination of a very moist frosting and a water soluble topping such as sugar created a few droplets of syrup.

 

My coworkers have been happily munching on cupcakes since breakfast!