Cream Filled Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache

This recipe is a spin from the Ho Ho cake I posted earlier.  But before I get into the recipe, I want to revisit the nostalgia of the earlier post.  This time I want to advance to the 80’s.  The most amazing thing about the 80’s to me is that I cannot look at it, nor can my kids look at the 80’s without thinking of my wife.  From the day my kids were born and we first starting toting them in our car, we had the 80’s blaring on the radio.  One of the stories I love, which has been repeated over and over, was like my 5 year old kids riding in a carpool in a friends car and naming the songs on the radio.  It blew our friends away.

My wife is sitting next to me as I write this post.  What is her favorite 80’s song?

Now my kids probably couldn’t name one of the songs today and I am not sure my wife has joined me in 2013 but it always makes me smile.

Now the reason for the above trip down memory lane is the recipe I am sharing was a variation of the Ho Ho that I made into a cupcake.  Yum.

Recipe
Creamed Filled Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache

• 1/2 of a Yellow cake mix

Filling

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 4 cups confectioners sugar 
• 2 – 3 tbsp skim milk

Chocolate Glaze

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 – 4 tbsp skim milk