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Cherry Blossoms

FunkyHulaGirl — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:28:41 GMT

These are loosely based on an old Pillsbury Bakeoff bar cookie winner that I made (IMHO) better...

CHERRY BLOSSOMS

For the cupcakes:

1 pkg. devil's food cake mix (I used Aldi's)

1 can cherry pie filling

3 large eggs

1 tsp. almond extract

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips or nuts (optional)

Mix all ingredients together by hand in a large bowl; divide equally among lined muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. (I got 20.)

Bake at 350° for about 20 minutes until the top springs back when lightly pressed.

For the Cherry Buttercream:

1 stick (4 oz.) unsalted butter

1 pkg (8 oz.) cream cheese

4-5 cups powdered sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. cherry extract

couple of drops of red food coloring

1 jar maraschino cherries

Beat butter & cream cheese at high speed until fluffy, adding sugar a cup or so at a time until you get the consistency you want; add extracts. If you need to thin the frosting a bit, use the juice from the jar of cherries.

Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes, and place a cherry on top of each for decoration.

I also sprinkled the top with crushed cherry-vanilla bark.

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champagnepoodle — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:58:45 GMT

Ewww Weee, Awesome! I am going to try these. Thanks, Hula!

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BOYINTX — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:05:27 GMT

off topic--THANKS CHAMPAGNE--I got your reply again thanks alot. Posted in Jill area

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AuntG — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:39:19 GMT

Has a great combination of flavors.

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Lorik62 — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:11:34 GMT

Oh my goodness those sound delicious!

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walker — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:53:41 GMT

Wow....these sound soooo good! Thanks, FHG!

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FunkyHulaGirl — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:02:02 GMT

How good are these? Well, let me tell you...

When I had an eye injury and couldn't use the computer to monitor my bank balance, I inadvertently got an overdraft...with a steep fee.

Took some of these to the bank next time I had to go.

Fee gone!

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walker — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:52:00 GMT

Way to go, FHG! LOL! Maybe we should carry some in car in case a friendly officer pulls us over too...ha!

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gulf coast girl — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:03:59 GMT

Don't these look so delicious? YUM I will make these for sure! Thanks for the recipe. Too pretty to eat.

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FunkyHulaGirl — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:21:40 GMT

Walker, in that case you want donuts.

In fact, I took some pumpkin maple donuts to the mechanic today and asked about getting my broken light fixed. He said I could get the part cheaper on eBay, and once it comes in he'll put it on for free!

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sfnative — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:31:20 GMT

FHG!

Thank you for sharing these two great recipes. A good multi-use frosting recipe is worth its weight in gold. I have a feeling quite a few folks will use both recipes over and over.

Always enjoy your recipes. Keep it up!

Re: Cherry Blossoms

bigkat — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:56:52 GMT

Chocolate and cherry! Yum, FHG!!!