Chocolate Cream Cupcakes

Name: Chocolate Cream Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 cup (5 ounces/142 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 cup, boiling water; 1/3 cup (1 ounce/28 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/3 cup (2 ounces/57 grams), semisweet chocolate chips; 1 tablespoon, instant espresso powder; 3/4 cup (5¼ ounces/149 grams), sugar; 1/2 cup, sour cream; 1/2 cup, vegetable oil; 2 large, eggs; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons, water; 3/4 teaspoon, unflavored gelatin; 4 tablespoon (1/2 stick), unsalted butter, softened; Pinch, salt; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/4 cups, marshmallow crème; 1/2 cup (3 ounces/85 grams), semisweet chocolate chips; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2010, Cook's Country TV

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SERVES Makes 12 cupcakes

TIME 2¼ hours

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