{"id":4073,"date":"2026-04-23T20:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:07:48","slug":"vanilla-cherry-filled-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/vanilla-cherry-filled-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla Cherry Filled Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vanilla Cherry Filled Cupcakes<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Cherry Filling<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups cherries (fresh or canned, pitted)<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a small saucepan, combine cherries, sugar, and lemon juice.<\/li>\n<li>Cook over medium heat for about 8\u201310 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cherries soften and release juices.<\/li>\n<li>Lightly mash some of the cherries.<\/li>\n<li>Let the mixture cool completely (it will thicken as it cools).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u00a0Vanilla Cupcakes<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F) and line a cupcake pan.<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Add eggs one at a time, mixing well, then add vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Add dry ingredients gradually, alternating with milk.<\/li>\n<li>Fill cupcake liners about 2\/3 full.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 18\u201320 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Let cupcakes cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Filling the Cupcakes<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Use a knife or cupcake corer to remove a small center from each cupcake.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon in the cooled cherry filling.<\/li>\n<li>Place a small piece of the removed cake back on top (optional).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Optional Frosting (Vanilla Buttercream)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter (softened)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons milk<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Beat butter until creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Add powdered sugar gradually.<\/li>\n<li>Mix in milk and vanilla until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Pipe or spread over cupcakes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Add a whole cherry on top for a beautiful finish<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanilla Cherry Filled Cupcakes \u00a0Cherry Filling Ingredients: 1 1\/2 cups cherries (fresh or canned, pitted) 1\/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4075,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions\/4075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}