Port Wine and Cherry Chocolate Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting

Name: Port Wine and Cherry Chocolate Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 3/4 cup port wine; 3/4 cup canned cherries; 1 stick butter; 3 tablespoon sugar; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 cup chocolate chips; 1/4 cup cocoa; 1 cup Flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 egg; 1/3 cup sour cream; 8 oz. mascarpone; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar; cherries or chocolate shavings

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Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

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Ingredients

Port Wine and Cherry Chocolate Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting

CourseSnack

Servings	Prep Time
12 cupcakes	15 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings	Prep Time
12 cupcakes	15 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Port Wine and Cherry Chocolate Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting

CourseSnack

Servings	Prep Time
12 cupcakes	15 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings	Prep Time
12 cupcakes	15 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

3/4 cup port wine
3/4 cup canned cherries
1 stick butter
3 tablespoon sugar
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup Flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1/3 cup sour cream

Frosting

Servings: cupcakes

Instructions

Cupcakes

Simmer port and drained cherries (I used morello cherries in a jar) in a saucepan for 10 minutes.
Remove 1/8 cup of liquid, set aside.
Add butter, 3T sugar, chocolate, and cocoa and whisk until melted.
Remove from heat and let cool.
Mix flour, sugar, soda, salt in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix egg and sour cream.
Add port mixture and beat briefly.
Add flour mixture and beat briefly.
Pour into lined cupcake pan.
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
Spoon remaining port liquid on cupcakes before frosting.