Black Forest Cupcakes

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Black Forest Cupcakes

Yield: 24 Cupcakes

Love cherries? Love Chocolate? How about a little Vanilla? Well then, you're going to go gaga over these Black Forest Cupcakes!

Ingredients

Cupcakes:
• 1 Box Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
• 3.9 oz. Package Jell-O Instant Chocolate Fudge Pudding
• 4 Eggs
• 1 cup Sour Cream
• 1 cup Vegetable Oil
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/4 tsp Sea Salt
Frosting:
• 2 cups heavy Cream
• 1/3 cup Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix (dry)
• 1/2 cup Confectioners' Sugar
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• Breyers Cherry Topping or cherry filling of your choice
• Chocolate Shavings or Curls
• Fresh Black Cherries or Maraschino Cherries will work too.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. Line cupcake pan.
3. Combine all cupcake ingredients in a large stand mixer or bowl and beat until smooth.
4. Add about 2 tbsp of batter to each liner, filling to about 1/2 - 3/4 full.
5. Reduce heat to 350 F.
6. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until fork comes clean.
7. Remove and let cool, cook other batch.
8. Clean your mixing bowl and add frosting ingredients to it, beat on medium speed until frosting becomes light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
9. Core out cooled cupcakes and add about a tbsp of cherry topping to each cupcakes.
10. Pipe on vanilla frosting over the filling hole and around the rest of the cupcake.
11. Top with chocolate shavings and a fresh black cherry.

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