Halloween Black Cupcakes With Cherry Filling
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Kitchen Sanctuary · by Nicky Corbishley★ 5.0 (1)

Halloween Black Cupcakes With Cherry Filling

NUTRITION · PER SERVING40M COOK
CAL 23%·PRO 8%
CARBS 58G50% OF CAL
4G FIBER7G OTHER48G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 25G50% OF CAL
12G SAT13G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

Black cocoa cupcakes with a cherry filling and chocolate frosting. Dark, rich, and spooky—a dramatic Halloween or special occasion dessert.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 12
  • 80 ml (1/3 cup) vegetable oil
  • 200 g (1 cup) golden caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 120 ml (1/2 cup) buttermilk
  • 42 g (1/2 cup minus 1 tbsp) cocoa powder
  • 95 g (3/4 cup + 1 tsp) plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp extra black food colouring gel (this extra black gel will give the deepest colour)
  • 300 g (10.5 oz) cherries in Kirsch (I use the Opies brand*)
  • 1 tsp cornflour (cornstarch mixed with 3 tsp cold water)
  • 14 fresh cherries
  • 150 g (1 cup minus 1 tbsp) dark chocolate (broken into chunks)
  • 200 g (1 cup minus 2 tbsp) unsalted butter (softened, cut into chunks)
  • 225 g (2 cups) confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • extra black food colouring gel (I used 1 tsp - use more or less depending on how deep you want the colour to be)
  • 1/2 tsp violet food colouring gel (optional - I wanted a slightly purple tint to the my buttercream)
PREP
20M
SODIUM
218MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.