Black Forest Cupcake

affordable ingredients and you'll love the texture and flavor.

• Ready In: 18 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄8 cups all-purpose flour
• 2  cups white sugar
• 3⁄4 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3  pieces eggs
• 1  cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup  vegetable oil
• 1  tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 (20 ounce) cans cherries
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1⁄4 cup cornstarch
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3  cups heavy whipping cream
• 1⁄3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1  white chocolate baking bar
• 1  chocolate bar
• 2  teaspoons  berry  syrup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour cupcake pans; cover bottoms with waxed paper.
2. n a large bowl, combine flour, 2 cups sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil, and 1 tablespoon vanilla; beat until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pans.
3. Bake for 35 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. and remove to racks to cool completely.
4. Drain cherries, reserving 1/2 cup juice. Combine reserved juice, cherries, 1 cup sugar and cornstarch in a 2 quart saucepan. Cook over low heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cool before using.
5. Combine whipping cream and confectioner's sugar in a chilled medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form.
6. pipe arounid top of cupcake. garnish with your choice of design from the chocolate bars. drizzle with berry syrup. serve.