Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate cupcakes
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 18 cupcakes
Calories: 327kcal
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- ½ cup butter softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups flour all‑purpose
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 cups cherry pie filling
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
For the chocolate glaze
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips or semisweet
- 3 Tbsp white sugar
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Mix all the ingredients, except the cherry pie filling, together with electric mixer until smooth. Add in cherry pie filling and mix until cherries are in small chunks.
Stir in chocolate chips. Spoon the batter into 18 paper‑lined muffin tins.
Bake at 350F for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean except for melted chocolate chips. Remove from the oven and let cool down.
To prepare the glaze, combine the milk, butter, sugar, chocolate and cocoa powder in a medium sauce pan. Slowly bring the mix to a boil and cook for 1 minute. Set aside and let cool slightly.
Dip tops of cooled cupcakes in the glaze to coat.
Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 190mg | Potassium: 265mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 400IU | Vitamin C: 2.4mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2.4mg