The classic combination of chocolate aroma with a cherry aftertaste has given rise to a lot of culinary delights. Among them, a worthy place was taken by chocolate cupcake with cherries, which is equally suitable for special occasions and for home tea drinking.

Chocolate muffins with cherries do not require excessive effort and extraordinary abilities, they are distinguished by their ease of preparation and external aesthetic content.

Sour cream in chocolate cherry cupcake recipes can be replaced with yogurt, curdled milk or kefir, depending on individual preferences. Cognac and lemon will help add piquant notes to the taste. The dough will be dense and crumbly.

Ingredients

To prepare the dough for the recipe for chocolate cupcake with cherries, you will need a set of simple products:

Ingredients

Servings: – + 6

• Eggs 3 pcs.
• Flour 220 g.
• Granulated sugar 120 g.
• Butter 150 g.
• Sour cream 20% 2 tbsp. l.
• Baking powder 2 tsp.
• Cocoa powder or dark chocolate bar 2.5 tbsp. l.
• Frozen pitted cherries 150 g.
• For the glaze, you can use a combination of two types of chocolate in a 1:2 ratio:
• Dark chocolate 60 g.
• White chocolate 20 g.
• Vegetable oil 1 tsp.
• Milk 30 ml.

Per serving

Calories: 286 kcal

Proteins: 6.8 g

Fat: 14.1 g

Carbohydrates: 36.3 g

35 min. Seal

Mix the butter, melted at room temperature, with sugar.

In a separate container, beat the eggs with a whisk until fluffy foam is obtained.
Add the resulting egg mixture to the butter. Mix everything, turning it into a homogeneous viscous consistency.

Add sour cream (or optional yogurt, kefir, yogurt), stir again and beat.

One by one, pour cocoa, sifted flour and baking powder into the liquid consistency. Stir until a plastic, homogeneous structure is obtained.

The dough is ready - you can put it in a special cake pan. The bottom, which we first cover with baking paper, greased with vegetable oil to prevent burning, or in silicone molds, filling the volume with the dough mixture by 2/3.

Place cherries cut in half on the surface of the product, lightly press them into the dough or mix them initially.
On average, cherry cake is cooked for 40–50 minutes in a preheated oven at a temperature of 190–200 degrees.

Let's start making the glaze

Melt the required amount of dark chocolate together with milk in a water bath.

Separately, dissolve pieces of light tiles with vegetable oil.

Mix each type of chocolate until a glossy consistency is formed.

First apply the dark mixture onto the cooled cake, then cover it with white glaze in large strokes.

Cupcakes with cherries and chocolate are prepared in a certain sequence, where first butter and sugar are ground, then beaten eggs are added, then sour cream or kefir, and finally dry ingredients.

The American equivalent of a cupcake, a muffin, uses less sugar and more liquid ingredients - milk and eggs. During the cooking process, mix all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then all the liquid ones. Then they are combined according to the principle - a watery one is poured onto the loose mass. Moreover, the resulting consistency is only stirred and never whipped.

For chocolate muffin with cherries you will need:

• 200 g flour;
• dark chocolate bar;
• 80 g sugar;
• 50 g butter, at least 82.5% fat;
• 1 egg;
• 200 ml milk;
• 80 g cherries;
• 2 tsp. baking powder.

Add an egg to the chocolate melted in a water bath, add milk and mix everything. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and sugar. Then mix all the ingredients. The main thing is to mix in all the flour. Then add cherries.

• If frozen cherries are used in chocolate cake recipes, they must first be thawed and excess liquid drained. The berries must be seedless.
• To get a fluffy sponge cake for baking, you need to separate the egg into whites and yolks, and then beat them separately. Add in parts starting from ¼ of the total mass, stirring gently from bottom to top in one direction. In proteins at room temperature, air bubbles form faster and they turn into foam more easily. Therefore, 2 hours before the cooking process, you need to remove the eggs from the refrigerator.
• Do not open the oven during cooking, otherwise the sponge cake will collapse due to sudden temperature changes. It is better to leave the finished cherry cake in the oven until it cools completely.
• It is better to decorate the cake with glaze after it has cooled, because at room temperature the bulk of the coating will remain on the surface and will not leak into the dessert.

Whatever culinary delights you decide to try, the main thing is to follow a clear cooking sequence.

Today on our dessert menu is the classic and beloved combination of cherries and chocolate in delicate, fragrant cupcakes. I just love portioned baked goods like cupcakes or muffins, because they look very cute and appetizing, especially in funny paper sleeves, they don’t litter the whole kitchen with crumbs due to constant cutting, and besides, they’re convenient to take with you to school or work for a delicious snack that lifts your spirits and adds energy and strength. Its most important advantage, which helps to maintain a slim figure, is that you don’t have to guess and suffer what portion of dessert to cut yourself off - more or less, since one standard cupcake is exactly the optimal portion in order to get pleasure , and you won’t gain extra calories.

Chocolate muffins with cherries are prepared simply and quickly, and the end result is a very noble and exquisite dessert. The rich, deep taste of real dark chocolate, which is part of this pastry, is harmoniously complemented by sour and refreshing cherries. Although cupcake batter is usually quite dense, these chocolate cupcakes are so soft and moist on the inside that they literally melt in your mouth. Their delicate, moderately sweet chocolate pulp carries a subtle aroma of lemon and a subtle trail of noble red wine. Be sure to try preparing this delicious chocolate-cherry treat with a cup of tea or coffee!

Useful information How to make chocolate muffins with cherries - a recipe for muffins with chocolate and fresh or frozen cherries with step-by-step photos

INGREDIENTS:

• 250 g flour in the dough + 1 tbsp. l. for cherries
• 150 g butter
• 100 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 70 g dark chocolate
• 1 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
• 50 ml dry red wine (can be replaced with milk)
• 1 tsp. lemon zest
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 400 g cherries (fresh or frozen)

COOKING METHOD:

1. In order to prepare chocolate muffins with cherries, you should first melt the chocolate with butter in a water bath. To do this, cut the butter into cubes, break the chocolate into separate squares and place everything in a deep bowl.

For convenience, I melted the chocolate directly in the metal bowl of a food processor. You can also do this in a separate saucepan, then pour the melted chocolate into a mixing bowl.

2. Place the bowl of chocolate into another larger bowl so that it does not touch the bottom. Pour some hot water into the bottom of a large saucepan and place it over medium heat. Continuously stir the chocolate and butter until they turn into a thick and shiny homogeneous mass. Cool the melted chocolate for 10 minutes.

3. Add sugar, cocoa powder, lemon zest and dry red wine to the melted chocolate. Beat all ingredients with a mixer at high speed for 1 - 2 minutes.

Advice! If the muffins are being prepared for children, then it is better to replace the wine with the same amount of milk or cherry juice (for example, from defrosted cherries).

4. Add eggs one at a time, beating the dough for 1 minute each time.

5. In two additions, add flour sifted with baking powder and knead the dough thoroughly until smooth.

6. Now let's prepare the cherries for the chocolate cupcakes. Fresh cherries must be thoroughly washed and pits removed. If the berries were frozen, they should first be thawed, drained of the released juice and dried on a paper towel. Mix prepared cherries with 1 tbsp. l. flour.

7. Place the cherries in the dough and carefully, trying not to damage the berries, mix everything with a wooden or silicone spatula.

8. Distribute the dough into portioned muffin tins, first inserting paper cuffs into them. You can fill the molds to the top, since the dough does not rise very much in the oven.

9. Bake chocolate muffins with cherries in an oven preheated to 180°C for 25 - 30 minutes. Check the readiness of the cupcakes with a wooden toothpick - it should come out dry from the middle of the cupcake.


Very tender and fragrant chocolate cupcakes with cherries are ready!

Even a novice cook can prepare a chocolate cupcake with cherries exactly as in the photo. You just have to do everything as the recipe indicates.

Ideally, your tea party table will be decorated with an airy cupcake with chocolate and cherries. It will be soft and tasty. The recipe is convenient because you can bake dessert with cherries at any time of the year.

The recipe is truly all-season. You can take frozen berries, canned cherries. But I can definitely say that with fresh berries, baking will be the most delicious.

Below is a recipe for making chocolate cherry cupcakes at home. I supplemented the cooking algorithm with step-by-step photos to make it clearer to those who are encountering such baked goods for the first time.

Homemade chocolate cupcake with cherries

In 1 hour you can prepare an amazing chocolate dessert with cherries that will definitely please all family members. It should be noted that the treat is high in calories. In 100 gr. The finished cupcake will contain 326 calories.

Components:

100 gr. dark chocolate (the percentage of bitterness should be high, milk bars are not suitable); 130 gr. Sahara; 150 gr. flour (be sure to sift before adding to the dough mixture); 2 pcs. chickens eggs; 40 gr. sl. oils; 260 gr. cherries; 2 tbsp. cocoa powder (can be replaced with instant cocoa); 1 tsp baking powder; 30 gr. almonds (chopped into petals); 50 ml plant. oils

Cooking algorithm:

Sl. I put the butter and chocolate in a saucepan on the fire. I'm constantly interrupting.

Chicken Beat eggs, baking powder and sugar using a mixer.

Mix the egg mixture with the chocolate mixture. Add flour and cocoa. I stir.

I add cherries.

The oven needs to be heated to 180 degrees. Cover the mold with the plant. oil Pour the dough into the mold and bake in the oven for 35 minutes. After the first 20 minutes, I sprinkle the cake with almonds.

When the dessert is ready, you need to let it stand for 20 minutes in a switched off but still warm oven. This way it’s better to dry the treat.

Chocolate cherry cupcake with kefir

Dessert with cherries will turn out to be less calorie than prepared according to the above method. In 100 gr. the treat will have 254 calories. And they cook in about the same time.

Components:

180 ml kefir; 200 gr. flour; 150 gr. Sahara; 1 PC. chickens egg; 70 ml plant. oils; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tbsp. cocoa (soluble or natural - at your discretion); 1 tbsp. cherries.

Cooking algorithm:

Chicken Beat the egg with a mixer along with sugar. I add kefir and mix.

I stir and add flour and baking powder. Then I add cocoa and berries.

I grease the mold. oil I fill it with dough. I heat the oven to 180 gr. I send it to bake for 40 minutes. I check readiness with a match.

• Frozen cherries need to be washed, allowed to defrost and the juice drained. By the way, the juice can be used for compote, jelly or making fruit juice. But know that it is suitable for these purposes only after defrosting.
• The juice from canned berries also needs to be drained. Be sure to remove the pits from the cherries. The same must be done in fresh berries. Allow fresh berries to dry after washing. Moisture will prevent the baked goods from baking well.
• The dough can be poured not into one large mold, but into several smaller ones. Then you will have small cupcakes. You can use paper baskets, which make it easy to get dessert out of them.
• Before serving the dessert, it must be allowed to cool.
• You can decorate the cupcakes with cinnamon, chopped nuts, and powdered sugar. You can even make frosting.
• You can complement the treat with ice cream; it is better to take vanilla or berry ice cream for a chocolate dessert. You can also serve the dessert topped with whipped cream.

I strongly advise every housewife to make a chocolate-cherry cupcake at home. With such a treat, any tea party will be even more pleasant and cozy.

You will watch with delight as the dessert flies off the table, and your loved ones will receive an unforgettable pleasure from such a festive breakfast. I wish everyone bon appetit!

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