Black Forest Cupcakes

Name: Black Forest Cupcakes
Prep time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: [[Chukar® Dessert Cherries]] , for garnish; [[Chukar® Sour Cherry Pie Filling]]; Chocolate shavings, for garnish; 1 tablespoon powdered sugar, for frosting; 3 tablespoons kirsch or juice from [[Chukar® Dessert Cherries]] , for syrup; 1/3 cup sugar, for syrup; 1/3 cup water, for syrup; 1 cup heavy whipped cream, cold, for frosting; 1 chocolate cupcake recipe, your favorite!

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40 minutes

Serves 12

Ingredients

Chukar® Dessert Cherries, for garnish
Chukar® Sour Cherry Pie Filling
Chocolate shavings, for garnish
1 tablespoon powdered sugar, for frosting
3 tablespoons kirsch or juice from Chukar® Dessert Cherries, for syrup
1/3 cup sugar, for syrup
1/3 cup water, for syrup
1 cup heavy whipped cream, cold, for frosting
1 chocolate cupcake recipe, your favorite!

Directions

Make your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe (from a mix or from scratch).
Heat water and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes.
Remove from heat and add either 3 tablespoons of kirsch or juice from the Chukar® Dessert Cherries. Cool.
Scoop about a tablespoon from the top of each cupcake to make room for the cherry filling.
Pour a teaspoon of syrup inside each cupcake.
Drop a tablespoon of Chukar® Sour Cherry Pie Filling into the center of each cupcake.
Pipe whipping cream onto cupcake and garnish with chocolate shavings and Chukar® Dessert Cherries.