Black Forest Cupcakes

Black Forest Cupcakes

1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup cherry pie filling
2 eggs
3/4 cup flour
3/4 tsp baking powder

whipping cream
cherry pie filling

20 minutes at 350

1. Melt the chocolate and the butter together and let cool a bit.

2. Put just over 3/4 cup of cherry pie filling into a blender/food processor and mix until smooth with just a few chunks. Mix in the eggs, sugar and blended pie filling in with the chocolate mixture.

3. Add the flour and baking powder.

4. Put batter evenly into 9 muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes at 350.

5. Once the cupcakes have cooled cut a small well into each of them and fill it with the liquid from the pie filling.

6. Cover with whipping cream and add chocolate shavings and a cherry on top.

 

Raspberry Cupcakes

Raspberry Cupcakes

1/2 cup butter/margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla

20 minutes @ 350

Raspberry Whipping Cream:
1 cup whipping cream
5 tbsp pureed raspberries
1/4 cup sugar

1. Blend together butter, eggs and sugar.

2. Add in flour, baking soda and salt.

3. Mix in vanilla and milk.

4. Evenly spoon into muffin tin. (Should fill 12)

5. Bake in oven at 350 for 20 minutes.
6. While cupcakes at baking, puree raspberries until you have enough for 5 tbsp.

7. Whip raspberries, sugar and whipping cream until you get stiff peaks.

8. Cut center out of cupcakes, making sure not to cut through to the bottom. Fill the hole and cover the top with the whipping cream.