Black Forrest Cupcakes - Real Recipes from Mums

These cupcakes are so decadent, and will be sure to impress!

Ingredients (makes 12 )

425g Canned pitted cherries in syrup
155g Butter, chopped coarsley
100g Dark semi sweet chocolate, chopped coarsely
1 3/4 cups Caster sugar
1/4 cup Cherry brandy
1 cup Plain flour
2 TBS SR flour
2 TBS Cocoa powder
1 Egg
FOR THE DECORATION
300ml Heavy cream
2 tsp Cherry brandy
Grated chocolate
12 Pitted cherries, drained

Method

Pre heat oven to 170 degrees, and line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases
Drain the cherries (reserve the syrup). Process ½ cup cherries with ½ cup syrup until smooth.
Combine butter, chocolate, sugar, brandy and cherry puree in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until chocolate is melted.
Transfer mix to a medium size bowl, and cool for 15 minutes
Whisk sifted flours and cocoa into the chocolate mixture, and then the egg. Divide mixture between the 12 paper cases, making sure to smooth the surfaces of each cake.
Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Once done, stand cakes in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to finish cooling
To make the topping, combine cream and cherry brandy. Whip until thick. Pipe onto each cake, grate some chocolate over the cream and finish with a cherry on top

26 Comments

- - mom103778 said
  - 20 Feb 2021
    9:34 pm
This blackforest cupcake looks so delicious . Will be trying this recipe.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 14 Jun 2020
    6:30 pm
Wow! If these taste as good as they look, they will be a great hit!

- - mom81879 said
  - 27 May 2019
    4:10 pm
Black Forest cake sure is a decadent cake. If the cup cakes are any where near as good, they’ll be divine

- - mom112023 said
  - 26 Jan 2019
    7:53 am
The Cherry Brandy gets me. Yum. Thanks for the recipe.

- - mom325275 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    11:11 pm
Black Forest is one of my favourite cakes, can’t wait to try this in a cupcake version
- Mum2archer replied
  
  29 Dec 2018 , 10:58 pm
  Hope you like them!
- - mom81879 said
  - 10 Nov 2018
    9:10 am
I love how you’ve used the silver patty pans, definitely need the luxury for this divine little nuggets

- - mom112217 said
  - 05 Nov 2018
    3:07 pm
I love the individual cupcakes,a winning dessert!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    10:27 pm
I really like cherry and chocolate so this is something I would love to make soooooo yummy

- - kjgarner said
  - 01 Nov 2018
    10:29 am
the shaved chocolate looks like caterpillar’s eating the cupcakes

- - tessie said
  - 20 Oct 2018
    10:21 am
They look so appetising

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 17 Oct 2018
    5:06 pm
This looks so delicious!! So yummy.

- - ella12 said
  - 15 Oct 2018
    2:05 pm
Sounds rather decadent, thank you for sharing.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2018
    12:03 pm
Cherry brandy! Never heard of it but now will have to keep my eyes open for it!

- - rovermum said
  - 15 Oct 2018
    9:21 am
This looks and sounds very cute but… the thing I don’t like about this cake is the cherry brandy in it. I’m happy to have it without.

- - Blossom said
  - 13 Oct 2018
    10:31 pm
Prior to this I didn’t know it had alcohol in it. My lifesaving medication I have to take and alcohol interact and I’m not allowed to have any at all. No wonder I have had bad relapses and been rushed to hospital.

- - meedee said
  - 13 Oct 2018
    3:10 am
Looks and sounds so very yummy

- - Becbec80 said
  - 12 Oct 2018
    8:15 pm
Yum! Stashing this recipe for Christmas – thanks!

- - Ellen said
  - 07 Oct 2018
    6:35 pm
It looks pretty.

- - LuckyMum said
  - 07 Oct 2018
    5:50 pm
You are so clever ! these look delicious ! and so pretty

- - mom93821 said
  - 05 Oct 2018
    6:46 am
Love, love, love Black Forest cake and these cupcakes look so scrumptious. Cupcake size means I can have more right?!