Chocolate-Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes
- Betty Crocker)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups cranberry-cherry juice
- 1/2 cup cherry pie filling
- 1 1/4 cups white baking chips
- 7 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 1/2 teaspoons light-color corn syrup
- 1 1/4 cups whipped fluffy white frosting
- 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 (10-ounce) jar maraschino cherries with stems, drained
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 (2 1/2-inch) muffin cups with paper liners; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the cake mix, butter, eggs, and cranberry-cherry juice with an electric mixer on low for 30 seconds.
- Scrape down side of bowl.
- Beat for 2 minutes on medium.
- Spoon 2 tablespoons batter into each prepared muffin cup.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon cherry pie filling on batter in each cup and top with another 1 tablespoon cupcake batter.
- Bake for 12 to 16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cupcakes comes out clean.
- Cool cupcakes in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
- Remove cupcakes from muffin cups and cool completely on wire rack.
- For frosting:
- Place the white baking chips in a medium bowl; set aside.
- In a small saucepan, heat the heavy cream and corn syrup over medium heat until nearly boiling.
- Pour the hot mixture over the white baking chips; stir until completely smooth.
- Let stand for 10 minutes.
- Stir the cream mixture into the white frosting until well mixed; set aside.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave the semisweet chocolate chips on medium for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds.
- Place the maraschino cherries on paper towels to dry.
- Dip each dry cherry into melted semisweet chocolate and place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet until chocolate hardens.
- Frost each cupcake with white chocolate frosting and top with a chocolate-covered cherry.
butter, eggs, cranberrycherry juice, cherry pie filling, white baking chips, heavy cream, lightcolor corn syrup, white frosting, chocolate chips, maraschino cherries
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/chocolate-chocolate-cherry-cupcakes-recipe.html (may not work)