I made these delicious cupcakes for a small Oscar Party last weekend. They were so tasty I thought I would share the recipe. I used Ghirardelli chocolate chips, and the chocolate taste is heavenly. I swear they are better than cupcakes made with flour. This is definitely going to be my new go to cupcake recipe.
I found the recipe here. However, I had major problems with the frosting recipe. I ended up using A LOT more powdered sugar than it called for. I also had to make a second batch of the frosting. Here is the way I made them.
Ingredients:
- 24 maraschino cherries
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup) I recommend using Ghirardelli
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 3 large eggs
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder plus more for garnish
- 1 ½ tablespoons maraschino cherry liquid
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar - I may have even used a little more.
STEP 1:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
STEP 2:
Cut the cherries in half and dab them dry.
STEP 3:
Melt chocolate chips and butter in a double boiler if you have one. I used one bigger pot filled with boiling water and had the smaller pan with chocolate and butter resting inside. Stir until it's well mixed and glossy.
STEP 4:
While you let the chocolate/butter mixture cool a little, line the pan with 24 mini cupcake cups.
STEP 5:
Whisk together chocolate/butter mixture, eggs, sugar, salt, cocoa powder and cherry liquid.
STEP 6:
Spoon the batter half way into each cup, place a cherry half in each cup and spoon more batter on top of it. Almost fill the cups.
STEP 7:
Bake for 20 minutes. Stick a toothpick in - when the toothpick comes out clean, they are done.
STEP 8:
Beat heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. If frosting is still watery add more powered sugar until it is your desired thickness. I also ended up whipping out my hand held beater to get it as thick as I could.
STEP 9:
After cupcakes have cooled, top with whipped cream frosting using a frosting bag. Sprinkle with cocoa powder and top with a cherry. Since I made mine for an Oscar Party, I added some edible gold stars to make them a little more festive.
STEP 10:
Enjoy!
Those look yummy! Definitely need to try them out!
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Giovanna
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