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...

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

mrsking14 said...

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

Unknown said...

Those look so goooood! Thanks for sharing!