Strawberry Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Strawberry Ganche

• Strawberry Cupcakes
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, cooled
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 large egg white
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups finely chopped strawberries

Directions:

1.  Mix dry ingrients, mix wet ingrients, combine together

2.  Heat oven to 350 degrees

3.  Spray muffin tins (makes 24 full muffins)

4.  Fill 3/4 full

5.  Bake 24 mins

Strawberry Chocolate Ganche 

• 2 cups whipping cream
• 3/4 cup strawberries fine chopped, than puréed 
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 bag bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1.  In a double boiler, mix sugar cream and puréed strawberries.

2.  Bring to a boil

3.   Take of heat and pour in chocolate chips, mix until well combined

4.  Refrigerate, wait 1.5 hours to frost

5.  Enjoy

 I had a bunch is strawberries from a recent shopping trip that were going to go bad in another day or so, I had to find something to bake...

I don't love dark chocolate, but with the sweetness of strawberries and sugar...umm umm good!