Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Prep 40 min
Total 1 hr 50 min
Ingredients 6
Servings 24

This is the very definition of pure indulgence! Devil’s food cake, sweet cherry pie filling, luscious vanilla pudding and rich chocolate frosting - the perfect dessert to share with your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day. MORE + LESS -

Ingredients

box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil’s food cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1/2

teaspoon almond extract, if desired

can (21 oz) cherry pie filling

containers (4 oz each) vanilla pudding

container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting

Directions

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1

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, adding almond extract to batter. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
2

Just before serving, remove paper baking cups. Cut cupcake in half horizontally with serrated knife. On bottom half of cupcake, spoon 1 tablespoon cherry pie filling; top with 2 teaspoons vanilla pudding. Replace top of cupcake.
3

Spoon frosting into small microwavable bowl. Microwave uncovered on High 30 seconds. Stir thoroughly until very soft and smooth, microwaving 5 to 15 seconds longer if necessary. Spoon 1 tablespoon frosting over top of cupcake. Top with 1 cherry from pie filling.
4

Repeat steps 2 and 3 with remaining cupcakes. Serve immediately.

Expert Tips

Just the two of you? Wrap baked cupcakes tightly in plastic wrap, and freeze for up to 2 months.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake

Calories: 230
Calories from Fat: 80

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 9g; 14%
Saturated Fat 2g 11% Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol: 25mg; 9%
Sodium: 220mg; 9%
Potassium: 125mg; 4%
Total Carbohydrate: 35g; 12%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 23g
Protein: 2g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%; 0%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 4%; 4%
Iron: 6%; 6%

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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This is the very definition of pure indulgence! Devil’s food cake, sweet cherry pie filling, luscious vanilla pudding and rich chocolate frosting - the perfect dessert to share with your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day.