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Black Forest Cherry Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes filled with homemade cherry compote and topped with whipped cream and grated chocolate.
From YouTube · Nov 25, 2025
Chocolate cupcakes filled with homemade cherry compote and topped with whipped cream and grated chocolate.
35 min
Prep time
25 min
Cook time
1 hr 20 min, including cooling and decorating
Total time
12 cupcakes
Yield
Ingredients
14 ingredients- 200 grams of cherries
- 100 grams of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- 70 grams of butter
- 2 eggs
- 150 grams of sugar
- 50 ml of vegetable oil
- 220 grams of milk
- 60 grams of cocoa powder
- 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder
- 250 grams of flour
- 300 grams of heavy cream
- 100 grams of powdered sugar
- grated chocolate
Method
13 steps- Place the cherries and sugar in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and put it on the heat.
- Stir constantly until the mixture begins to thicken.
- Add the cornstarch and let it cook for another minute after thickening.
- Transfer the cherry filling to a piping bag and let it cool.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter, eggs, and sugar until fluffy.
- Add the vegetable oil, milk, cocoa powder, baking powder, and flour, and mix well with a mixer.
- Divide the batter into cupcake liners.
- Bake at 180°C for 25 minutes.
- For the buttercream, whip the heavy cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Fill the cream into a piping bag.
- Cut a hole in the top of each cupcake for the cherry filling.
- Fill each cupcake with the cherry filling and pipe the buttercream on top.
- Sprinkle with grated chocolate.
Recipe notes
Helpful tips
- Cool the cherry filling completely before piping it into the cupcakes.
- Do not overfill the cupcake liners.
- Whip the cream only until it forms firm peaks.
Equipment
- Heavy-bottomed saucepan
- Mixing bowls
- Electric mixer
- Cupcake tin
- Cupcake liners
- Two piping bags
Storage
Keep the filled and decorated cupcakes covered in the refrigerator.
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