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Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes
Soft and moist chocolate cherry cupcakes recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Filled with maraschino cherry truffles and topped with fudgy chocolate frosting.
👥 24 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
2
Then, add eggs and extracts and mix until just combined.
Eggs (Large)2
3
Add yogurt and cherry juice and mix again.
4
Now, in a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.
5
Dump the dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix until just combined. Don’t over-mix! The batter will be very thick.
6
Pour this batter into cupcake liners and let the tray sit on the countertop for ⏱️ 10 minutes.
7
Then, bake at 350 degrees F for ⏱️ 20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
8
While the cupcakes are baking, prepare the chocolate frosting.
9
Chocolate cherry truffles
10
Melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl.
Chocolate chips (Semisweet)3 cups
11
Add condensed milk and vanilla extract and mix until you have a thick mixture.
Vanilla extract2 tsp½ tsp Vanilla extract (Can replace with cherry extract )
12
Chill this mixture in the fridge for ⏱️ 45 minutes. Then, scoop out small portions of the mixture and roll them into little balls with a cherry stuffed in the center.
13
Place these truffles on a cookie tray lined with parchment paper and chill in the refrigerator for ⏱️ 30 minutes.
14
When the cupcakes have cooled down, use an apple corer or big piping tip to make a hole in the center of the cupcake.
15
Place a chocolate truffle in this hole.
16
Then, frost your cupcakes with chocolate icing and top it all off with a cherry. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
279 kcal
fat Content
10 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
31 g
sodium Content
100 mg
protein Content
4 g
cholesterol Content
31 mg
carbohydrate Content
42 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
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