Martha Stewart Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

While I'll freely admit to adapting a rather lax blogging status this summer, it certainly wasn't premeditated. I've actually been making and baking this summer, but it all seems to fall by the wayside when it comes down to posting. I was tweeting around on Saturday, and there was much discussion about the Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book that came out earlier this summer. I was lucky enough to receive this book as a gift, and I've actually used it quite a bit so far. In fact, I've built up quite a backlog of cupcakes that should be shared here (that's the point, right?) but I've had zero motivation to post about them in between other blogging commitments.

Last week was the great one sentence blogging week, hosted by the wonderful Miss Nancy, of The Dogs Eat the Crumbs. One sentence blogging was terrific motivation to post. In an effort to stay motivated, and deplete my stock of cupcake posts, this week is Cupcake Week in the Singleton's kitchen. Each day I'll post a cupcake that I've tried from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes. In order to make this a little more fun, at the end of the week I'll give away a copy of the book along with some other fun cupcake essentials. To enter, just leave a comment on the posts, and I'll announce the winner sometime next week.

First up, chocolate chip cupcakes. This was the first recipe that I made, and it happens to be the first recipe in the book. I was really skeptical about these cupcakes when I made them. I was worried that they would be really dry and flavorless. Happily, though, I was wrong! These cupcakes are absolutely moist and delicious. I brought them to a potluck at work, and my coworkers devoured these goodies. They got rave reviews all the way around. They're made with cake flour, and this results in a very tender crumb cupcake. I used mini chocolate chips, and I think that the minis are the way to go in this recipe. It seems to me that big chocolate chips might get hard and interfere with the tenderness of the cupcakes. I frosted these with the recommended rich chocolate frosting. This is really a ganache, and it tasted wonderful on top of these cupcakes. You can find the recipe for this cupcake here on Martha's website.

I'm not posting the recipes for the cupcakes here this week, but I will provide the links to the recipes on Martha Stewart's website when I can find them. If you're dying for the recipe, email me, and I will send it along.