First Kiss Cupcakes

Name: First Kiss Cupcakes
Yield: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients: Chocolate Cake:; 1 cup Dutch process cocoa; 2 cups boiling water; 1 cup butter, softened; 2 cups superfine sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 ¾ cups all-purpose soft-wheat flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon chocolate extract; Paper baking cups; Vegetable cooking spray; 24 milk chocolate kisses; Cherry Frosting:; ½ cup butter, softened; 3 tablespoons cherry jam or maraschino cherry juice; ¼ cup whipping cream; ½ teaspoon almond extract; ⅛ teaspoon salt; 1 (16-oz.) package powdered sugar; Toppings:; 24 red maraschino cherries (with stems); Chocolate Ganache:; 1 cup whipping cream; 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

4 Ratings
4 Reviews

As sweet as love's first kiss, our chocolate and cherry cupcake is special. One bite and you'll fall in love, and all with a cherry on top!

By Jan Moon

Recipe by Oxmoor House September 2011

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Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Jan Gautro

Recipe Summary

Yield:

24 cupcakes

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cocoa and 2 cups boiling water in a large heatproof bowl, stirring until blended and smooth; cool completely. Beat butter with a mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in chocolate extract.

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Step 2
Place paper baking cups in 2 (12-cup) muffin pans, and coat with cooking spray; spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Do not cool.
Step 3
While cupcakes are still warm, press 1 chocolate kiss into the center of each. Let cool completely.
Step 4
To prepare cherry frosting, beat first 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended. Beat at high speed 2 minutes or until creamy. Makes 3 cups.
Step 5
Frost each cupcake with Cherry Frosting using metal tip no. 2D.
Step 6
To prepare ganache, cook cream in a heavy nonaluminum saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, just until it begins to steam (do not boil); remove from heat. Place chocolate in a glass bowl. Slowly add hot cream to chocolate, beating with a whisk until chocolate melts and mixture is well blended. The mixture will thicken as it cools. Makes about 2 cups.
Step 7
Dip cherries in Chocolate Ganache, and place 1 on top of each cupcake.

Source

Southern Living Big Book of Cupcakes; Dreamcakes Bakery

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cakengifts

09/01/2017

What a Cake!!!!!!!!!!I love it.....o it gets fit for me and for my family. Same Cake is also given on : https://www.cakengifts.in/cake-delivery-in-faridabad

MLMOM3

02/21/2012

My review is only for the frosting. The flavor and color were excellent. I wish there had been a little more detail on the method. I have never made a buttercream with the addition of cream. Although my butter was softened (for about 30 minutes), when I added the cream, I was concerned that the frosting was going to "break". I started to wonder if I was supposed to whip the cream first and fold in, instead. It finally did come together but it also looked slightly broken when I put it on the cake. I immediately refrigerated my frosted cake and I think that helped to firm everything up, but I was quite nervous during the process since I needed the cake right away with no room for error! I will definitely make this again but may soften the butter for a few hours or bring the cream to room temperature.

CaitlynTV

02/15/2012

They turned out great! I just didn't add the Hershey's Kiss because I knew that as soon as the cupcakes cooled then so would the Kiss. Which meant there would be a hard chunk of chocolate in my gooey cupcakes, and that would not be a good thing. Oh, and I also put a ton of cherry jam in the frosting. Way more than 3 tbs.

adaria

02/13/2012

Made these for work. One co-worker says she never uses this word but they were"scrumptious". The best cupcakes I have ever had:)

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