Cupcake Tuesday~Chocolate Covered Cherry Cupcakes
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As I’ve mentioned, lots of times before, one of my very favorite flavor combinations is chocolate and cherry. While we were at a mini bonfire over the weekend, someone mentioned Chocolate Covered Cherries, and of course, the first thing I thought of was Cupcakes.
I pulled out my cookbooks and hunted for a recipe, adapted it some, and the final result was delicious!
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cupcakes
For the cupcakes…
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1 box cake mix (I used butter flavor)
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4 eggs
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1 cup buttermilk (remember I mentioned how I use buttermilk instead of water)
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1/3 cup oil
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1 small box instant chocolate pudding
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1 can cherry pie filling
Mix cake mix with buttermilk, eggs and oil. Fold in cherry pie filling. Divide batter into cupcake liners, I use about 1/4 cup per liner. I got 3 dozen out of this recipe.
For the ganache… I used the recipe from Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures
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1 cup of milk chocolate chips (or semi-sweet)
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1 cup heavy whipping cream
Warm up the cream, and pour over the chips, mix well. I turned the cupcakes upside down and simply dipped them in the ganache, and put them in the fridge to set up a little.
For the Cherry Cream Frosting…
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1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, softened
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4 oz. cream cheese
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2-3 teaspoons of cherry juice (maraschino cherries)
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2-3 cups of powdered sugar (depending on how thick you like it)
Cream butter and cream cheese, slowly add powdered sugar and cherry juice until you reach desired consistency. Pipe onto cupcake, I used Wilton #1M tip, which by the way, is my favorite tip.
For the Chocolate Covered Cherry…
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Maraschino Cherries with stems
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Chocolate wafers for melting (like Wilton’s)
Rinse and pat dry cherries, melt chocolate and dip cherries. Place onto wax paper to set up.
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These look so good. The ganache for cupcakes is a great idea.
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CupcakeLady Reply:
May 17th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
@Lynn, Thanks for sharing your recipe, Lynn! It was super easy and tastes great!
~Liz
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Those cupcakes look so pretty! And yummy!
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Wow, you really have a knack for beautiful cupcakes. I’m putting this recipe on my “must try now” list. Can’t wait to try them, mmmm!
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Wow! These look wonderful!
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WOW those look great I have got to try them out thanks
pamela ponder´s last blog ..GIRLY CUPCAKESFOR CUPCAKE TUESDAY!!
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That looks soooo good…and I don’t like cherries but I could be talked into that:-)
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These chocolate Cherry cupcakes look and sound so DELICIOUS!!! I want to go chocolate dip some cherries right now!!! Yummmm!!!
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CupcakeLady Reply:
May 18th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
@MommyTopics.com, Thanks so much! Hey, I sent out your book today! Enjoy!
~Liz
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MommyTopics.com Reply:
May 19th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Doin’ my happy dance…Uh-huh… Oh yeah… uh, uh, uh… doin’ my happy dance!
MommyTopics.com´s last blog ..Gratitude for Everyday Miracles: Monday
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ALL of your cupcakes look delicious, always!
I’m curious if you have to link to a blog to participate in Cupcake Tuesday as I write pages on Squidoo…
Thanks,
Brenda
Music and Movie Treasures By Brenda´s last blog ..The Best-Ever Lemon Cupcakes Recipe ~~ An Adventure Story updated Sat May 15 2010 9:42 am CDT
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CupcakeLady Reply:
May 18th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
@Music and Movie Treasures By Brenda, Sure, you can link, I’d appreciate a link back though. Can you do that on your page? Thanks for asking first.
~Liz
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Doin’ my happy dance. Uh-huh… Oh yeah… uh, uh, uh… doin’ my happy dance!
MommyTopics.com´s last blog ..Gratitude for Everyday Miracles: Monday
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Yahooooo!!! It came today! I love it!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!
MommyTopics.com´s last blog ..Gratitude for Everyday Miracles: Thursday
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I made the chocolate coverd cherry cupcakes this the weekend. I didn’t have cherry pie filling, so I substituted with diced fresh cherries.
They came out great. Very moist and flavorful.
Thanks for a great recipe.
Jamie´s last blog ..Creative Halloween Cupcakes, Designs and Ideas
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CupcakeLady Reply:
May 24th, 2010 at 6:40 am
@Jamie, I’m so glad you liked them! I bet the diced cherries were just fine.
Thanks for letting me know you tried them!
~Liz
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Think I’m gonna adapt this a bit (since I am most definitely NOT a fan of cherries…) and use strawberries. My mouth is already watering…. Thanks so much!
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