Moonshine Cherry Cupcakes #YoungandHungry Recipe
We are on challenge #3 of the Young and Hungry Blogger Challenge. If you haven't heard, Young and Hungry is a new comedy tv show premiering June 25th on ABC Family. The show is about a young aspiring food blogger hired by a tech mogul to be his personal chef. The show is inspried by Gabi from Broke Ass Gourmet and her story. In the show Gabi must prove to her boss that she’s worthy of the job. There are 40 bloggers competing for prizes and the biggest prize being a blog mention on the show itself! To me, that is pretty darn exciting! For this challenge we were to make a unique cupcake using the cupcake liners, take a photo and upload it to the challenge for you to vote for! I made Moonshine Cherry Cupcakes!
When I got home, I pulled out a yellow cake mix. Yup. I sure did. I haven't made a cake mix in years but recently decided to buy a couple just to have on hand for some of those doctored up cake mix recipes I thought I might want to make. I chopped up fresh cherries, put some amaretto in the mix and baked them up. The special and unique part of this cupcake is the frosting! Made with some Moonshine Cherry Juice and the cherries themselves. This was quick, easy and a yummy treat make!
I hope you like my cupcake and please if you do, go vote for it!
Moonshine Cherry Cupcakes
By Shelby Law Ruttan
Published 06/20/2014
A doctored up cake mix with a moonshine cherry frosting.
Ingredients
1 yellow cake mix
- 1 cup fresh cherries
- 1 tablespoon amaretto
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 4 cups confectioner's sugar
- 6 tablespoons Moonshine Cherry Juice
- 1/2 teaspoon cherry extract
- 20 moonshine cherries for topping
- 10 moonshine cherries chopped finely
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Make cake mix by adding the eggs, water, oil, and amaretto and mixing well with hand mixer.
Fold in chopped cherries. Scoop about 1/3 cup of batter into cupcake tin lined with paper liners.
Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, cool 5 minutes and transfer to cooling rack.
Make the frosting by creaming together butter and shortening. Gradually add confectioner sugar 1 cup at a time. Add moonshine cherry juice and cherry extract after adding first cup of sugar.
Blend the frosting until creamy adding more sugar if needed. Fold in finely chopped moonshine cherries. Frost completely cooled cupcakes and top with cherry.
Note: Prep time includes time to mix together the ingredients as well as frosting the cupcakes.
Yield: 20 cupcakes
Prep Time: 00 hrs. 20 mins.