Cherry On Top
My friend Amanda recently raved about a new recipe she’d tried and loved: chocolate cherry cupcakes. She’s a baker and the one who introduced me to my very favorite baking cookbook, “The Cake Mix Doctor.” I thought I’d give these a whirl for some bagel shop/coworker CAOK love this week.
I picked up a few of these Chinese take-out boxes last month with the hopes of making fortune cookies to celebrate the Chinese New Year. I thought the pink would be particularly festive for the Year of the Boar. Alas, the fortune cookies didn’t happen. (Although one day! I have cute little fortunes in mind to fill them with.)
Instead, they were filled with one giant chocolate cherry cupcake. I poured the frosting over the cake once it was in the box, keeping my fingers crossed the frosting would harden as planned and not make a gooey, chocolate puddle. It worked!
A bit of ribbon and one of many stamped CAOK notes and voila — a chocolate treat wrapped and ready to go.
I knew the bagel shop boys wouldn’t appreciate the frill, so their platter was plain.
It is safe to say they enjoyed these — down to the last drop of frosting. Recipe found here.
~K
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Looks good!
February 28th, 2007 at 8:25 amThose look good. I bet everyone loved them! The recipe is for a cake. How did you get yours into perfect little balls?
February 28th, 2007 at 8:36 amI have that recipe book too! And, better than that, I have all the ingredients so may try them tonight!
February 28th, 2007 at 8:52 amI love the boxes, and those cupcakes look delicious. I’ll have to try those out soon.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:01 amYumm! The recipe is going on my to do list
February 28th, 2007 at 9:10 amHow funny! When I read about the cupcakes, I thought, “I wonder if she’s ever made that chocolate cherry cake . . . ” and it’s the same recipe! *grin* I made that cake for my husband’s birthday and it was SO good. Particularly for something with just 3 ingredients!
If you’re feelin’ really crafty, you can make fabric fortune cookies with some scrap fabric circles and liquid laundry starch. They turn out cute and calorie free!
February 28th, 2007 at 9:12 amThe cupcake idea is cute–as are the pink boxes.
Oh yum! Those look gorgeous!:) I love those boxes!
February 28th, 2007 at 9:23 amOh YUM!!!! i have a huge stack of CAOK envelopes to be mailed out tomorrow:) i’ll post to the flickr group what i’m doing:):) have a great day!!
February 28th, 2007 at 9:32 amI don’t know what’s better: the packaging or the yummy-looking cake!
You know, Chinese New Year only began 2 weeks ago and you’ve already re-purposed the abandoned boxes. That’s impressive in and of itself!
February 28th, 2007 at 10:23 ammmmm!
February 28th, 2007 at 10:45 amBeautiful! How did you adjust the cooking time for cupcakes?
February 28th, 2007 at 11:46 amthat chocolate frosting looks SO GOOD. *drool*
love that cupcake stamp!!
February 28th, 2007 at 12:00 pmWhat a yummy CAOK offering! You are ever so clever; I love the box and cards, too. Thank you for providing the recipe–I absolutely have to try this.
February 28th, 2007 at 12:14 pmI now know what I’m making my dad for his birthday - yum!!!
February 28th, 2007 at 12:54 pmThe Cake Mix Doctor has a recipe that is maple-squash cake with cream cheese frosting that may be the best cake I’ve have ever eaten.
February 28th, 2007 at 1:52 pmI gained 20lbs just looking at your yummy photo’s
February 28th, 2007 at 3:59 pmOh my God, and there’s no chocolate in the house here. You’re evil!
February 28th, 2007 at 4:43 pmSammy and I are going to try those tonight? Yum!
February 28th, 2007 at 4:53 pmOooh, chocolate and cherry, can’t miss with that combo! Great idea to package individual cupcakes in the little boxes.
February 28th, 2007 at 5:39 pmDarling packages! Goodness knows bagel boys across America would be drooling with envy if they saw how well you treat yours! BTW my single brother (who is also darling) worked in a bagel shop called Bagelicious for a few summers. Boy do I wish it were in Arizona!
February 28th, 2007 at 9:45 pmfabulous packages! i love the the sweet box makes it even more special and fancy. chocolate cupcakes… mmmm… this weekend i am going to try out a recipe for flourless ones and i am so excited.
March 1st, 2007 at 5:27 amI need to lick the bowl of that frosting !! lol .. I just love you take out cases !!! I’ve never seen them in other thatn white !
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:22 pm[…] Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes (thanks for the recipe Kelli) for Joe’s co-workers, they have been so helpful and friendly to me since our arrival in Korea. […]
March 5th, 2007 at 4:52 ammmmmm. that looks so incredibly tasty
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:06 am[…] Chocolate Cherry Goodness, thanks again Kelli, I make these at least once a month for Joe’s office, they love them. […]
April 29th, 2007 at 6:30 amwhere did you get those cute boxes? Can you e-mail me?
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm