Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Black Forest Cupcakes

In an effort to fill up my teenage grandsons hollow legs,  decided to make cupcakes......They both love  black forest cake.  Shades of    the lemon top hat cupcakes I fondly remember from my childhood , decided to make a black forest  version. Yes I did cheat  ,  a cake mix and cherry pie filling. Busy playing chauffeur .
After the cupcakes baked I then sliced  a wedge out and filled with the  cherry mixture.

 Put  wedges back on top and then dusted with   icing sugar  .

These are a hit.
Brock and Brayden love them  even adding a bit of  whipped cream on top.
 I am so happy with the way they turned out would make them for a potluck..






8 comments:

Rosanne said...

These do look amazing!

Unknown said...

Fantastic pictures! Very creative use of a cake mix!

Jennifer@threedogsinagarden said...

That opening shot is lovely and don't those muffins look good! I like the cartoon about the escape button- I had a good chuckle when I saw it.

ileana said...

The look so good!!! bet they tasted as good too....
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ZONE F DG TEAM said...

This has reminded of a very simple cake recipe a previous co-worker once shared with me.

Take a 8x8" cake pan and line the bottom with minature marshmellows, make a chocolate boxed cake mix as per the directions on the box and pour over the marshmellows. Then pour a can of cherry pie filling over top and bake until a tester comes out clean. Generally the time stated on the box is sufficient. As it bakes the cherry's will fall through the cake mix and the marshmellows will rise, creating a similair flavor to a Black Forest Cake. NO FROSTING is necessary. Easy Peasy.

Jannett said...

A wonderful looking cupcake...

Rosemary said...

Thanks to all of you who comment.

Sherry said...

Yes, the boys loved them - as did Willie, who had one as soon as we got home!