Inspiration: I love baking. I relish making things others delight in eating….But otherwise, the final result isn’t particularly important to me. It’s the making process I enjoy.

Hence, I give the majority of bakes away to others.

One of the primary recipients of my efforts is my husband’s coworkers. Normally, I bake and send whatever tickles my fancy. However, in a rare instance, they sent me a request: Could I bake something celebratory?

No problem!

After hitting my cookbook library, I found this recipe from The American Test Kitchen: Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache Filling. And as advertised — they are super chocolatey! They are also the most popular bake of everything I’ve sent along so far!

(Though I used their regular chocolate frosting, not the buttercream in the video, as I was running low on time the day I baked the cupcakes!)

Even better, they are actually easy to make.

Christie: If decorated with better piping or decorations, I could see Poirot indulging in one of these tiny cakes. As it is, I think Miss Marple might partake of mine at a church fete. Tommy & Tuppence would probably dig in if these were served at a school bake sale!

My 52 Weeks With Christie: A.Miner©2023

This is the magazine where I found the recipe in!