Amazing Chocolate Chip and Mascarpone Cupcakes – Giada 🧁

Ingredients:

Cupcakes

• 5 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup water
• ⅓ cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
• 2 ¼ cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp fine sea salt
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 cup (6-oz) semisweet chocolate chips (recommended: Nestle morsels)

Ganache

• 1 cup (6-oz) semisweet chocolate chips (recommended: Nestle morsels)
• ⅔ cup heavy whipping cream
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 2 (12-count) muffin pans with paper liners