Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

This decadent chocolate cherry cupcake recipe just made our list of favorites. I was thinking about the yummy flavor combination of cherry and chocolate, which I love and how I haven’t made one of my fave chocolate cakes in awhile. The good news is, that disgusting cherry cough syrup my mom gave me as a child didn’t fully ruin my love for cherry! I like cherry if it’s paired with chocolate and especially if it involves Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries, because they’re seriously insanely delicious. For these chocolate cherry cupcakes, I used a trusted chocolate cake recipe passed down many years ago and made 24 deliciously moist cupcakes with a cherry in the middle and homemade meringue cherry cookies on top!

Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

You are going to love these fancy cupcakes!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cherry and chocolate cupcakes, cherry cupcake recipe, chocolate cupcake recipe

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 37 minutes

Servings: 24 cupcakes

Calories: 311kcal

Author: Eden

Ingredients

Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1¾ cups cocoa powder
• 1½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3 tablespoons Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherry sauce from the jar
• 24 Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries for the center of each cupcake

Cherry Buttercream Frosting

• 1 cup softened butter
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons Luxardo the Original Maraschino Cherry sauce from the jar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons whole milk

Instructions

Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all of the dry ingredients together.
• Add in the eggs, oil, vanilla, cherry sauce and milk and mix until combined.
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Add in the boiling water. Divide batter into lined cupcake pan.
• Bake for 12 minutes.
• Do not over bake, but do not undertake either or the middle will collapse. Check them around d11 minutes and see how much longer they need.
• Once cooled, press a cherry straight down into the middle of the cupcake. Add a little more cherry sauce to it.
• Then you will pipe frosting over the cupcake to cover the hole.

Cherry Buttercream Frosting

• Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, beat butter until light and fluffy.
• Add in the sugar 1 cup at a time and beat until incorporated.
• Add in the cherry sauce and continue to beat. You can add more for extra flavor if you prefer.
• Add in vanilla and milk and beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
• Put into a piping bag with a large round tip and pipe into cupcakes, filling the hole in the middle where the cherry is.
• Decorate the cupcakes with cookies, cherries and sprinkles.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 311 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 14g 22%

Saturated Fat 9g 45%

Cholesterol 35mg 12%

Sodium 199mg 8%

Potassium 156mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 48g 16%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 35g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 6.2%

Vitamin C 0.4%

Calcium 3.9%

Iron 8.3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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