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German Black Forest Cherry Cupcakes

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Ingredients
  

For the batter:

  • 3 ½ ounces dark chocolate
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 12 ounces sour cherries about 2 cups
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups + 2 Tbsp flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder

For the frosting and decorations:

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
  • Chocolate sprinkles and cherries for decorating

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place muffin cups on a baking sheet or grease a muffin tin. Melt the dark chocolate and butter over a hot water bath. Drain the sour cherries well.
  • Let the chocolate-butter mixture cool briefly, then mix with the sugar and vanilla. Gradually mix in the eggs. Stir together the salt, flour, and baking powder and add to the batter. Reserve a few cherries for decorating the cupcakes. Fold the rest into the batter. Then fill the muffin cups evenly with batter. Bake for about 30 minutes. Let cool completely.
  • Beat the whipping cream with powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Pipe the cream into a piping bag and decorate the cupcakes with it. Finally, garnish with chocolate sprinkles and the remaining cherries.