Red Velvet Snack Cakes

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Ingredients

Red Velvet Cupcakes
  • 2 ¼ c. cake flour*
  • 2 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 c. vegetable oil
  • 1 ½ c. granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3/4 c. buttermilk
  • 1/2 c. nonfat plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 T. red food coloring

Filling
  • 3 oz. marshmallow crème

Ganache
  • 1/4 c. half-and-half
  • 2/3 c. Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate baking chips

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease 2 12-cup muffin tins; set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together; set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, stir together oil and sugar until well-combined.
  4. Stir in eggs and vanilla until well-combined.
  5. Add buttermilk and Greek yogurt; stir to combine.
  6. Stir in red food coloring until incorporated.
  7. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
  8. Bake for about 15-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  9. Let cupcakes sit in pan for 5 minutes.
  10. Remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
  11. Once cupcakes are at room temperature, cut a small wedge out of the top of cupcake.
  12. Fill with about 1-2 tablespoons of marshmallow crème.
  13. To make the ganache, heat half-and-half together until hot but not boiling.
  14. Place chocolate in a bowl, and pour hot half-and-half over the chocolate, stirring until melted.
  15. Dip the tops of the cupcakes into ganache, and let the ganache cool until set.

*To make cake flour, sift together 2 cups of all-purpose flour with 1/4 cup of cornstarch.