My son, Riley, made my favorite chocolate cake recipe and I whipped up a batch of chocolate raspberry ganache in the morning. By the time afternoon rolled around and I was supposed to assemble the cupcakes, I could barely stay awake. This always happens when I am around 6 months along.
My beautiful baby sister is 30. I still can’t believe she has her driver’s license and is married with children, let alone turning 30 years old. We had a small group of family over last night for cake and coffee to celebrate.
I was laying in bed the other morning and wondering how I got to be 39 so quickly. I pondered if I would want to go back to 20 and and came to the conclusion that I wouldn’t. It’s never as bad as it seems to get older. Whew.
Raspberry Chocolate Ganache:
1 and 1/4 c heavy cream
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp light corn syrup
1 pound semisweet or bittersweet (not unsweetened) chocolate, chopped coarse
1/2 c seedless raspberry jam
In a saucepan bring cream, butter, and corn syrup to a boil over moderate hear and romove pan from heat. Add chocolate, swirling pan to submerge chocolate in hot mixture, and let stand 3 minutes. Whisk ganache until smooth. Stir in jam. Transfer to a bowl and chill, covered, for at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.
For gancahe filled cupcakes:
Cut a small section out of top/middle of cupcake. Spoon in a small amount of ganache and frost with a chocolate raspberry frosting.
It was dark by the time the cupcakes were done and sadly I didn’t get good photos of the finished treat.
Thanks again. The ganache was awesome!! I had some of the cake today, that Cambree had taken…mmmm…
Oh, and Riley even helped make the cake? I feel special..:)
Happy Birthday Anna! Wish I could have been there to celebrate! Fun! Im pretty sure Anna is right ther with you Jen …wondering how she got to 30 already. I swear we were just pg with Duey &Trae, hanging out at the lake everyday:-) good times!
oh yummy.. that sounds like a good recipe.. What is it with me and sweets lately??
Sounds amazing! Happy Birthday to your sister. You are right, getting older is not so bad. I had a tough time with turning 40, but got over it quickly and moved on. 🙂
Its so funny how you guys dont age at all.
Wow!
I’m Anna too and I turned 30 too on February,3rd!
Congratulations to your baby sister!
Matilda is working that cupcake! what a cutie pie!!