Chocolate-Cherry Cupcakes

JenniferB's Note:

Moist, delicious cupcakes

• Total Time: 22 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 17 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 12 cupcakes

• 1 (18 ounce) package devil's food cake mix , divided (unprepared)
• 2 tablespoons apple butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 16 ounces light canned sweet cherries (packed in light syrup, pitted)
• 1⁄3; cup apple butter
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• ½ cup fat free egg substitute

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Coat a 12-hole muffin pan with cooking spray.
3. In a small bowl combine 1 cup of cake mix with apple butter, water and almond extract.
4. Mix until smooth.
5. In a mixer combine remainder of cake mix, apple butter, almond extract and blend until smooth.
6. Put cherries in a sieve and run water over them to get rid of the syrup.
7. Pat dry and mix cherries into the mixer bowl with a spoon.
8. Divide into muffin tin and bake for 17 minutes or until a cake test comes out clean.
9. Once cooked, top cupcakes with the icing from the small bowl.