Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Moist chocolate dough with juicy cherries in liqueur. Sweet cherries can be replaced with sour cherries. The cupcake turns out not only tasty, but also beautiful: a velvety porous surface, bright red berries inside. This cupcake can be given as a gift for the holidays.
cook time: 1h 30 min
Ava Prescott
Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

211
Calories
9g
Fat
26g
Carbs
9g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Dough:

Sugar 120 g
Wheat flour 130 g
Water 120 ml
Vegetable oil 80 ml
Cocoa 60 g
Eggs 3 pc
Baking powder 1 tsp
Soda 0.5 tsp

Filling:

Cherries 500 g
Liquor 50 ml
Sugar 30 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Filling.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the cherries, remove the pits.

Step 3

Step 3
Pour 30 g of sugar over the berries and pour in liqueur. Mix.

Step 4

Step 4
Leave overnight in the refrigerator.

Step 5

Step 5
Dough.

Step 6

Step 6
Pour sifted cocoa into the water and stir until smooth.

Step 7

Step 7
Warm up slightly.

Step 8

Step 8
Beat the eggs with the remaining sugar into a fluffy light mass.

Step 9

Step 9
Sift flour with baking soda and baking powder.

Step 10

Step 10
Add part of the flour, part of the cocoa and part of the vegetable oil to the egg mixture and carefully mix with a spatula from top to bottom so that the dough does not settle.

Step 11

Step 11
In the same way, mix in the remaining flour, cocoa and vegetable oil.

Step 12

Step 12
Drain the berries in a colander.

Step 13

Step 13
Add berries to the dough. Mix.

Step 14

Step 14
Bake for about 50 minutes at 180°C.

Step 15

Step 15
Cool the finished cake slightly in the pan, turn it out onto a wire rack and let it cool completely.

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