Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (18 1/4 oz.) pkg. chocolate cake mix
1 1/3 c. water
1/2 c. vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling
1 (16 oz.) can vanilla frosting

Preparation

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 into the center of each cupcake.
Set remaining pie filling aside.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted on an angle toward the center comes out clean.
Remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost cupcakes; top with one cherry from pie filling.
Serve additional pie filling with cupcakes or refrigerate for another use.
Yield: 2 dozen.