While thinking about what cupcake I wanted to experiment with next, I thought about my dad. I was thinking about one of the last weekends with my parents before my husband and I moved out of state. That weekend my parents and I went to The Cheesecake Factory. When we go, my dad always gets the chocolate raspberry truffle cheesecake, so I wanted to make a cupcake that would resemble his favorite dish and so the chocolate raspberry cupcake was born. This is a dark chocolate cake with a raspberry filling, raspberry buttercream frosting, and is topped with chocolate chips. Although the frosting did turn out a little thinner than I usually like, this cupcake is scrumptious! I do not usually like raspberry, but this chocolate raspberry combination is wonderful! The following recipe is the recipe I found on food.com for the raspberry filling. Not only is it delicious, but it's super easy. This raspberry filling would be great on cakes too. :)
Raspberry Filling
1 1/2 cups frozen raspberries
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar
Heat all ingredients on medium-high heat until thickened. Set aside and cool before use.
