Cherry Cordial Chocolate Cupcakes are a delicious cupcake that is entirely decadent! They taste like the cherry cordials we all love, but in the form of a party-friendly cupcake! Who’s allowed to resist? For a birthday, the perfect treat.
During the Christmas and Valentines season, I always love the abundance of cherry cordials in the store, and my mom could always get the best from a local chocolate shop and they were not only the tiny size ones, as a child they were probably bigger than my palm and they were oh so seductive.
In cupcake form, I thought it could be just as decadent, if not more, and I would have to say that the assumption was spot on. Those cupcakes are heavenly! They are a perfect decadence of chocolate topped with all the flavors of a cordial cherry filling and a generous drizzle of chocolate glaze, because why not?
Cherry Cordial Chocolate Cupcakes
Cherry Cordial Chocolate Cupcakes are a tasty cupcake that is completely decadent!
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Cupcake
3 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (semi-sweet works too for a milder flavor, I have tested both)
1/3 cup (29g) of unsweetened cocoa powder (regular or Dutch-processed, I used regularly)
3/4 cup hot water
3/4 cup (116g) of bread flour
3/4 cup (155g) of granulated sugar
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of baking soda
1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp of vegetable or canola oil
2 large eggs
2 tsp of white vinegar
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
Chocolate Ganache
1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup of heavy cream
Frosting
1/2 cup of butter, softened
1- 2 pinches of salt, to taste
3 cups (330g)of powdered sugar
2 Tbsp of maraschino cherry juice, and more if needed
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
Red food coloring, optional
1/2 of the maraschino cherries from 1 (10 oz) jar, chopped and wrapped in paper towels to dry slightly
24 maraschino cherries, And more for topping
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