Cherry Cheese (Cup)Cakes

Cherry Cheese (Cup)Cakes

Ingredients:

For Cakes-

1 1/4 C water

1/3 C oil

3 eggs

Pudding-

1 package Jello cheesecake pudding

2 C cold milk

Frosting-

1 container Cherry Frosting

will also need 1 small jar of maraschino cherries

Special Tools-

Icing bag and filler tip plus icing tip

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, water, oil, and eggs.

Line cupcake tins with papers and put one large tablespoon of batter into each tin. Place one whole maraschino cherry into center of cupcake, and finish filling with batter up to 2/3 full. Bake 18-22 min or until starting to turn golden on edges.

In a seperate bowl, combine pudding mix and cold milk. whisk until thickened, and let stand 5 minutes to set.

When cupcakes are done, pull out of tin and let cool on counter for 15 minutes. Fill an icing bag with a filler tip with pudding. Inject center of cupcakes with cheesecake pudding. Dont push hard, the tip will push out once the cupcake is filled. Fill each cupcake, then let them finish cooling completely.

Fill a new icing bag with a decorator tip with cherry frosting, and frost each cupcake. Slice marachino cherries in half and put one half on top of each cake.

Enjoy!