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Cherry Cream Chocolate Cupcakes – decadent chocolate cupcakes with a surprise filling and cherry preserves cream frosting! Also, celebrate Mother’s Day with Bonne Maman and enter sweeps for fantastic prizes!

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Moms everywhere, this one is for you.

Decadent, rich chocolate cupcake, filled with cherry preserves, topped with cherry ganache and cherry preserves cream. Triple the cherry over a chocolate cupcake. Yes, please!

Because Mother’s Day is just around the corner and all moms love cupcakes!

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If you ask me, what I would like in the end of a busy day – almost 100% of the time I would say a chocolate cupcakes with fluffy frosting. It’s my indulgence and bliss. These chocolate cupcakes with cherry ganache and cherry preserves cream frosting are nothing short of bliss. Melt-in-your-mouth sweet bliss!

Will all busy moms agree with me? Even if your kids are grown and have flown the nest, wouldn’t you just love a decadent chocolate cupcake with a fluffy cream on top?

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This year, I am proud to partner with Bonne Maman in celebrating Mother’s Day! Bonne Maman makes preserves and jellies with 100% all-natural ingredients. Their products are made in France and all-natural, with no artificial coloring, no high fructose corn syrup or no preservatives added. They are gluten-free, kosher and non-GMO verified.

The cherry preserves that I used in this recipe, are my hands-down favorite. So sweet and with real chunks of cherries. I could eat it with a spoon and have done so!! So good on buttered toast on a lazy Sunday morning or drizzled over your favorite fluffy pancakes. But for this recipe, I used it three times: I filled the cupcakes with them, added the preserves to the chocolate ganache and dipped all of the cupcakes in it, and stirred the preserves into freshly whipped cream and swirled it over the cupcakes.

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It’s a real treat but so easy to make! I used my trusted chocolate cake recipe that creates rich and gorgeous cupcakes. The cream topping is almost like mousse. It’s simply fresh whipped cream with cherry preserves stirred in and swirled on top of the cupcakes.

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Cherry Cream Chocolate Cupcakes
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 
Cherry Cream Chocolate Cupcakes - decadent chocolate cupcakes with a surprise filling and cherry preserves cream frosting!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cupcakes
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 395 kcal
Author: Anna
Ingredients
for the cupcakes:
  • 1.5 c all-purpose flour
  • 1 c granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 c vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 c water
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
for the filling:
  • 12 Tablespoons Bonne Maman Cherry Preserves
for the ganache:
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 Tablespoons and 1/2 Bonne Maman Cherry Preserves
for the cream topping:
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons Bonne Maman Cherry Preserves
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. Set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt).
  4. Add water, oil, vanilla and vinegar. Whisk until smooth.
  5. Scoop the batter with a regular ice cream scoop and fill the cupcake liners.
  6. Bake the cupcakes for 18 to 10 minutes OR until the toothpick inserted in the center of each cupcake, comes out clean.
  7. Cool cupcakes in the pan completely.
  8. When cooled, core cupcakes, reserving the tops.
  9. Fill each cupcake with a tablespoon of the preserves. Place the cored tops back on the cupcakes.
to make the ganache:
  1. Place chocolate chips in a small mixing bowl.
  2. Heat up the cream until hot but not boiling. Pour over the chocolate chips. Do not stir! Let it sit for 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth. Add the preserves and stir in.
  3. Spread each cupcake with the chocolate ganache. Set aside so the ganache can set.
to make the cream topping:
  1. Whip the whipped cream to stiff peaks, about 5 to 7 minutes. If making the cupcakes ahead of time, chill the whipped cream in the fridge until ready to serve.
  2. Gently fold in the cherry preserves and top each cupcakes with a dollop of the cream. Spread with an offset spatula.
  3. If desired, drizzle additional ganache over the cream topping.
Nutrition Facts
Cherry Cream Chocolate Cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 395 Calories from Fat 189
% Daily Value*
Fat 21g32%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Cholesterol 34mg11%
Sodium 317mg14%
Potassium 129mg4%
Carbohydrates 48g16%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 29g32%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 365IU7%
Vitamin C 1.9mg2%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 1.6mg9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Bonne Maman would like to wish every Mom a very happy Mother’s Day and give them a chance to win a $3,000 Day Off! The prize is $2,000 for the winner and $1,000 to share with a friend for a day off. Additionally, you can download a $1.00 off coupon. Sweeps end May 31st, 2015. Good luck!

 

 

To enter the Bonne Maman Mother’s Day sweeps, click HERE.

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Bonne Maman. All opinions are 100% my own. Thank you for supporting brands that I love and that make this blog possible. 

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  3. Brianne says

    My mom would definitely love these cupcakes. Chocolate covered cherries are one of her favorite candies!

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  4. Thalia says

    I can never resist anything bonne maman.. so I can imagine how delicious these cherry chocolate cupcakes must have tasted. Yum!

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  6. Maureen says

    Chocolate and cherry, my favorites! Bonne Maman is really good. I love everything about your cupcakes. From the topping to the ganache and the flavor! Basically, everything is perfect!

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  11. Donna says

    Oh how I love everything about these cupcakes! Bonne Maman is amazing. Not to mention what a gift. I could use a day off.

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  12. Rachelle says

    I woul love a decadent chocolate cupcake with a fluffy cream on top! These are so pretty and sound delicious with all that cherry going on!

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  13. Laura says

    I love Bonne Maman – and the chocolate and cherry combo is one of my favorites. (Guess I’m just part of a huge crowd on both counts, but that’s fine by me.)

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  17. Rachel Cooks says

    Oh where do I begin with these!? I love every bit of them – the filling, the ganache, the cherry cream! I need these for Mother’s Day even if I have to make them myself.

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  19. Liz says

    What a great addition to use cherry preserves. And chocolate and cherry – my favorite!
    ~Liz@HoosierHomemade

    Reply

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