A Red Velvet Cupcake filled with a delicious from-scratch Cherry Sauce. Topped with Chocolate Ganache and chocolate-dipped cherries.
Valentine’s Day Cherry Red Velvet Cupcakes
When I think of Valentine’s Day, I tend to think of Chocolate and Red Velvet Cupcakes. When we are kids we give out cute Valentine’s Day cards with little candy hearts or lollipops. Although the candy hearts were fantastic and what kid doesn’t like a lollipop? I always looked forward to the baked goods some parents would bring in during the parties.
By the way, there’s no better party than a Vaneltine’s day party in elementary school! Oh the decorations, the cute activity pages they give you. Oops, I went too far down memory lane, sorry folks! My favorite among the baked goods during this time of the year, was, of course, Red Velvet Cupcakes!
Did you know?
- That there’s an urban legend that the cake got its start at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City?
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According to Facebook, the country with the highest number of red velvet cake fans is the United States.
No wonder why Red Velvet Cupcakes went so well with Cream Cheese Frosting, and cherries yum! Well, to mix it up this year, I decided to top my Red Velvet Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache. Of Course, I made it from scratch! It’s only two ingredients and takes just a few minutes to make.
To pump up my cupcakes I filled them with one of my favorite Cherry Filling recipes where it is so finger licking good you won’t want to miss it.
To complete this cupcake I dipped more cherries into the chocolate ganache and set them to dry while I filled the rest of the cupcakes. To make the white drizzle I just used some white chocolate melts I had, you can buy them from almost any food retailer.
I used the double broiler method and melted it down, then drizzles it over the cherries. I topped my cupcakes with these cherries and threw on my kid’s favorite candy hearts. They turned out fantastic! I was able to freeze them without cracking the ganache, to keep them fresh for the kid’s Valentines Day party.
What’s your fondest memory of Valentine’s day when you were a child? What was your favorite Valentines Day Treat?
Valentine's Day Cherry Red Velvet Cupcakes
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Those look absolutely amazing. This has to be one of the best cupcake recipes I’ve ever seen. Yum!
These look delicious. I love the real cherry on top.
There are so many wonderful ingredients here! I’m not sure anyone else would get to enjoy them. They would just mysteriously disappear..
LOVE these!!! Gah! So many great ideas floating around makes me want to start Vday early LOLZ!
These look amazing!
Oh my! I think I died and went to cupcake heaven! These look so amazing!
This looks yummy and mouth-watering. I always want to try something like this. Thank you so much for your recipe.
I am drooling! Red velvet and cherries together, two of my favorite sweets, YUM!
The cupcake looks amazing! I love red velvet. I can’t wait to try this.
Wow these looks super delicious. The addui[tion of the fruits is awesome. MY son would lo]ve these cupcakes.
These look so amazing. I need to try to make these. I hope mine turn out looking as fabulous as yours did. My family will love them.
This looks really yummy, I love me some red velvet cake.The cherry is a nice surprise when you bike into the cake.
This is really yummy! I would love to try it too!
These look amazing! I love that there is a cherry inside and on top! Yum!
red velvet is my favorite!!! i need to try this!
I love the inclusion of the fruit. I would love to try making this, thanks for the recipe.
For Lynn Dee