Cheery Cherry Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 18 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups; set aside.
• Finely chop cherries with large chef's knife. Place chopped cherries in paper towel-lined bowl to drain while preparing batter.
• In medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• In glass measuring cup, stir together 1/2 cup cherry liquid, the milk and 2 teaspoons almond extract.
• Beginning and ending with flour mixture, alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in a few drops of food color until desired pink color is achieved. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Fold in chopped cherries. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until cupcakes spring back when lightly touched in center. Remove from muffin cups to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• To make Topping, spoon frosting into bowl with 1 tablespoon cherry liquid. Add 1 teaspoon almond extract and enough food color for desired pink color; beat 2 minutes with electric mixer on medium speed. If desired, transfer topping to decorating bag fitted with large star tip; pipe topping onto cupcakes in large swirls. Or, spread topping on cupcakes with off-set spatula. Garnish each cupcake with 1 cherry with stem.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. , Spoon into foil-lined muffin cups. Bake at 300° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes. , In a small bowl, combine sour cream and the remaining sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spoon onto cupcakes. Return to the oven for 6-8 minutes or until set. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Top with pie filling; garnish with mint if desired. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Bring cherries, sugar, and lemon juice to a simmer in a medium pot over medium-low heat. Cook until sugar is dissolved, stirring frequently. Remove 2 tablespoons of cherry juice from the pot and place in a small bowl. Stir in cornstarch until thoroughly combined. Add cornstarch mixture to the pot and simmer until thickened and slightly reduced, about 5 minutes more.
• Remove compote from heat and cool completely. Measure out 1 cup for the cupcake batter. Reserve remaining compote, about 6 tablespoons, for the frosting.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line or grease two standard 12-cup muffin tins.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in vanilla extract. Mix in 1/3 of the flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Pour in 1/2 of the sour cream and cooled coffee; mix until just combined.
• Continue alternating additions of the flour mixture with sour cream and coffee, beginning and ending with the flour mixture, until batter is smooth. Do not overmix. Gently fold in 1 cup cherry compote. Fill each prepared muffin cup 2/3 full of batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops of the cupcakes spring back lightly when touched, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in the tins for a few minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Prepare cherry buttercream while the cupcakes are cooling. Beat butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla and salt. Add 2 tablespoons of cherry compote and beat on medium-high speed until thoroughly combined. Repeat twice more with remaining cherry compote, beating well after each addition. Add heavy cream and beat until frosting is fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Spread or pipe frosting over the cooled cupcakes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions, using the eggs, water, and oil.
• Spoon batter into 24 paper-lined muffin pan cups, filling two-thirds full.
• Remove 24 cherries from cherry pie filling and set aside.
• Spoon generous teaspoon of remaining cherry filling onto center of each cupcake.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool completely.
• Frost cupcakes with vanilla frosting, and garnish each one with a reserved cherry.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners and spray lightly with cooking spray.
• Beat the cake mix, 1 1/3 cups of the hard seltzer and the eggs together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth and combined, about 2 minutes. Divide evenly among the prepared muffin tins (each cup should be about three-quarters full). Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes, rotating tins halfway through. Turn cupcakes out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• Meanwhile, stir the remaining hard seltzer (about 1/4 cup) and the cherry jam together in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced slightly, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl or glass liquid measuring cup and refrigerate until completely cool and set, about 45 minutes.
• Scoop out a 1/2-inch-wide and 1/2-inch-deep hole from the center of each cupcake top using a small measuring spoon. Fill each hole with the spiked cherry jam (about 1 1/2 teaspoons per cupcake).
• Beat the vanilla frosting in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star pastry tip. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes to cover the jam, leaving the edge exposed. Top each with a maraschino cherry.

Steps:

• In small bowl, beat cream cheese, 1 egg and sugar until smooth.
• Stir in 1/3 cup cherry fruit filling, liqueur and chocolate chips; chill.
• In large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, 2 eggs, oil, water and 1 cup cherry fruit filling.
• Using electric mixer; blend on low speed for 30 seconds until moistened.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Fill paper-lined muffin cups 1/3 full.
• Top each with 1 tablespoons of cream cheese mixture.
• Spoon remaining batter over cream cheese mixture, filling muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool and dust with confectioners' sugar.