Standing Ovation: Sweet Chocolate Port Cupcakes, Port Wine Reduction Syrup, Raspberry Creme Fraiche Filling, French Chocolate Mousse

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Very time consuming, but the frosting was worth it. The port was suggested by BevMo, and did not taste very sweet. It was very strong and overpowering. I loved the chocolate mousse frosting and will use it again on other cupcakes. Also, the raspberry filling was excellent. Was also confused about the eggs/egg white scenario in the recipe.

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Chocolate frosting was delicious. However, the raspberry creme fraiche filling was way too watery! This recipe is off.

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I loved these! I am even making them again today for a party. This is also the first "difficult" cupcake I've made on here...i think... and it was easy enough so i difinitely recommend making these! I don't know why everyone is so confused about the eggs. It says what to do if you read it. Also I used semi-sweet chocolate as well and it's the perfect flavor! I also suggest starting the wine reduction first as it will take the most amount of time. (I just left mine on the stove while i did everything else.
So everyone go out and make these NOW!

p.s. I used a cheap bottle of non-alcoholic red wine and it still tasted amazing!

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Made these for a party and they were a hit, just there was not enough mousse for all the cupcakes to be generously frosted plus it didn't list the egg yolks in the ingredients so I just assumed it was three from the three egg whites!! need to increase that recipe.The port reduction also takes a long time and the creme fraiche came out too watery! I added marscapone and I would just use marscapone next time I do this recipe the mousse was delicious and the cupcake was also rich and chocolaty I will definitely make again with some tweaks!!

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obviously you dont use egg yolks in a mousse

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Am I missing something? How many egg yolks are in the chocolate mousse? The recipe calls for egg whites, but there is no mention of egg yolks. Was the recipe supposed to say 3 eggs separated?

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The only part of this recipe I made was the French Chocolate Mousse. Absolutely excellent! I used 3oz of bitter-sweet chocolate and 3oz of semi-sweet chocolate and added an additional 1/4 cup sugar to the chocolate after tasting the melted chocolate. It wasn't sweet enough for me. So next time I will probably use 6oz of semi-sweet chocolate. As Rachel Ray likes to say "Yummo".