White Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes Or Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups white chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 1/4 cups cherry jam or 1 1/4 cups cherry pie filling
Optional
18 cherries, with stems
edible glitter or red candy sprinkles
1 white chocolate baking bar

Preparation

Prepare, bake and cool cupcakes.
Melt 2 1/4 c white chocolate chips, cool slightly.
On medium speed, beat butter until fluffy. Beat in melted chocolate, vanilla, confectioners' sugar until smooth.
Chill until thickened (approx 15 mins).
Spoon jam or filling until freezer bag. Snip 1/4\" hole in one corner. Insert bag tip 1\" deep into center top of each cupcake. Squeeze 1 Tbs jam into each.
Transfer frosting into pastry bag fitted with decorative tip and pipe over cupcakes.
Optional topping:.
Sprinkle with edible glitter or red sprinkles and white chocolate shavings from chocolate bar. Melt remaining white chocolate and barely dip fresh cherries into mixture. Cool and set atop each cupcake.