The last treat I made
for Anders Birthday was these cupcakes. They are chocolate cupcakes with
cherries in rum, Vanilla Swiss Meringue buttercream and a glace cherry on top.
They had a very nice taste, some moist from the cherries and the frosting was
delicious. I love everything that has to do with meringue and it also holds its
shape very well.
Chocolate-Cherry cupcakes
Recipe adapted from
here
250 g (1 cup) butter
in room temperature
4 eggs
350 g sugar
400 g flour
4 tablespoons cocoa
250 ml (1 cup) milk
1 teaspoon baking
powder
½ teaspoon salt
200 g dark chocolate
1 jar cherries in rum
(mine was 400 g and I didn’t use it all)
Preheat the oven 170o
C/ 325o F. Line 2 12-hole muffin pans with paper forms. Melt the
chocolate in a double boiler or the microwave. Drain the cherries from the rum
but keep the rum.
Beat the butter and
sugar in a bowl until light and creamy. Add the eggs gradually, one at a time
until well combined. Fold in the milk and melted chocolate. Add also if you want 1 ½ tablespoon from the
rum the cherries are in.
Spoon or pipe the
mixture into the muffin cases, ( I use an ice cream scoop) and press a cherry
or two in the middle. Bake for 18-20
minutes or until risen and springy to the touch.
Remove the cakes from
the tin and set aside to cool on a cooling rack.
I made them the day
before and put them in the freezer so that it will be easier to ice them the
next day. The recipe gives about 24 cupcakes, but I used a ¼ cup muffin tin and
got 38.
You will find the recipe and detailed
instructions for the Swiss Meringue Buttercream here. I used half the amount
with vanilla flavor and then put a glace cherry on the top of each cupcake. I
iced 24 cupcakes and still had frosting left.
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