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1990s Molten Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes

Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's ooey-gooey molten chocolate cake introduction of 1987, set the stage for all sorts of '90s chocolate excesses to follow. These very chocolatey truffle-centered cupcakes aren't as messy, (the molten truffle centers absorb into the tender cake if you don't eat them in the first hour) but will certainly satisfy choco cravings for a good, long while. Have napkins handy.

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Makes 2-dozen cupcakes
For cupcakes:
  • 2 oz unsweetened bittersweet baking chocolate
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 3 eggs, plus 2 yolks, beaten
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour mixed with ½ cup cake flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder for baking
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2 5-oz boxes of Lindor milk chocolate truffles
Instructions
  1. Melt chocolate at 50% in the microwave, stirring every 40 seconds. Set aside. In mixer bowl of stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together. Whisk in eggs, beating well. Mix melted chocolate into egg/butter/sugar mixture. Add vanilla. In a separate bowl, sift flour, salt, baking powder, and cocoa powder together. Alternating wet and dry ingredients, add in buttermilk and flour and mix. Line two cupcake tins with paper liners: fill each 2/3 full with batter. Drop a truffle in each, pressing to bottom. With a spoon spread batter to cover the truffles, dividing any remaining batter over the top of each. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Cool. Dust with powdered sugar.

These cupcakes have such a fine and tender crumb and velvety chocolate flavor there's no need to gild the lily with frosting.
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