Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Submitted By: Wanda Rolen

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4-ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 1/3 cups water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 (21-ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1 (16-ounce) container vanilla frosting

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, water, oil, and eggs; mix well. Spoon batter by 1/4 cupfuls into paper-lined muffin cups. Spoon a rounded teaspoon of pie filling in center of each. Set remaining pie filling aside.

Bake cupcakes at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted at an angle toward the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Frost cupcakes; top each with one cherry from remaining pie filling. Serve additional pie filling with cupcakes or refrigerate for another use.
Yield: Two dozen.