T's Celebration Cupcakes

Congratulations, T!

Also, I rock so hard it's not even fair to mere mortals. Look what I did in an hour.

My friend finally got a job that she wanted, so improptu chocolate cupcakes were in order. I know I finished these in about an hour because I started them after I started laundry and the cupcakes were done before the load was dry.

Thank you, Martha Stewart, for one-bowl chocolate cupcakes. This recipe was fantastically easy, and didn't require any softened butter or other time-consuming or special ingredients. I substituted the buttermilk with equal parts fat free Greek yogurt (who has buttermilk sitting around in the house all the time, anyway?).

Ganache on short notice was a little trickier. I combined half a cup of boiling hot half and half (no heavy cream on hand) with about three quarters cup of chopped chocolate. I whisked in a quarter cup of powdered sugar, a tablespoon of light corn syrup, and a teaspoon of vanilla. My big mistake was not taking three extra seconds to sift the powdered sugar. My sugar's been sitting around for awhile, so even after intense whisking it was slightly lumpy. Oh well, I'm really not going for beaucoup style points tonight, just chocolatey goodness!