Tuxedo Cupcakes

A few years ago my mom, neighbor and I took a cooking class at Central Market with Rebecca Rather of the Rather Sweet Bakery in Fredricksburg. We picked up a couple of her new cooking books, "The Pastry Queen" and have found tons of tasty recipes in it. The definite favorite has been the Tuxedo Cake, which has been a favorite in our household for years now. This summer I was looking for the perfect chocolate cupcake recipe when I remembered the Tuxedo Cake...

(those yellow cupcakes in the background are some of the lemon cupcakes from the previous post, un-iced)

Recipe!

The cake recipe translated to absolutely delicious cupcakes. I used the same whipped topping recipe, as well as the chocolate ganache. The yield was about 4 or 5 dozen cupcakes, and they were all gone in one night...

*If you don't have Lyle's syrup, which I didn't in Michigan, corn syrup is a totally acceptable replacement. Also, the whipped topping does not save well so it's best to only top the ones that you plan on eating within the hour.