Very Cherry Cupcakes
By: Kathy Brakhage
Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 10:13am

Ingredients




2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 cup oil
1 cup can cherry pie filling with about ¼  set aside
For frosting:

1/4 cup butter
4 cups – 5  + 1 – 2 c powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
The reserved cherry pie filling (1/4 c)

Preparation

1 Mix together by hand flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. 2 Stir in oil and eggs. Mixture will be crumbly. 3 Using an electric mixer (or a blender works too), beat in cherry pie filling. 4 Pour into cupcake tins that have either been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray or lined with cupcake liners. 5 Bake @ 350 degrees for about 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 6 This recipe can be made into a sheet cake (9 x 13 inch); just increase the baking time to 30 minutes. 7 For frosting:Cream butter and vanilla. 8 Gradually add powdered sugar (1 c at a time) until desired consistency. 9 Beat in cherry pie filling (this will make the frosting thinner again). 10 Beat in remaining powdered sugar ½ c at a time until desired consistency is again reached.

About


I just got done making these as a Valentine’s Day surprise for my hubby. I hope he likes them (I really already know that he loves them :-D ) I think you’ll like them too!