Thursday, February 3, 2011

Cherry Cordial Cupcakes - Mmmmmm!



Tired of the same ol' cupcakes piled high with sugary sweet icing?  I just discovered the recipe for these Cherry Cordial Cupcakes.  Don't they look insanely delicious!?  I have my daughter home from school today (sick girly) so I think we'll make these.  Should be fun and yum!

Ingredients:

1  pkg. (8-oz.) cream cheese, softened
3  eggs, divided
1/2 cup sugar
1  (21-oz.) can Comstock® or Wilderness® More Fruit Cherry Fruit Filling, divided
2  Tbsp. coffee flavored liqueur
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1  pkg. (18.25-oz.) chocolate cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup water
  confectioners sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Fill paper-lined muffin cups 1/3 full. Top each with 1 Tablespoon of cream cheese mixture. Spoon remaining batter over cream cheese mixture, filling muffin cups 2/3 full.
5. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool and dust with confectioners sugar.

Makes 21 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Bake time: 30 minutes

Recipe from piefilling.com.  I was not compensated for this post, I just thought the recipe looked yummy enough to share!

3 comments:

Tomato Mama and Duck Mama said... 1

Yum! I'm going to have to try this soon!

mrsking14 said... 2

Oh wow those look good. Im going to make these!! Thanks!

Unknown said... 3

Those look so goooood! Thanks for sharing!