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Ingredients

• ✓ kirsch
• maraschino cherry
• egg
• vegetable oil
• devil's food cake mix
• cream cheese
• butter
• vanilla extract
• salt
• powdered sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
2. 2 Strain maraschino cherries over a large measuring cup. Count out 24 cherries with their stems intact and set aside on paper towels. Remove stems from the remaining cherries and place one in the bottom of each lined muffin cup.
3. 3 Stir cherry-flavored brandy into the cherry juice. Add more brandy or water to total 1 1/4 cups liquid. Pour liquid into a bowl.
4. 4 Add eggs and oil; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until just combined. Add cake mix and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Evenly divide batter among the muffin cups.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 17 minutes. Cool in the tins for about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 50 minutes.
6. 6 Meanwhile, make the frosting. Combine cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed until blended, about 1 minute. Add vanilla extract and salt; beat for 1 minute more. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating after each addition. Add additional powdered sugar if frosting is too thin.
7. 7 Frost each cupcake and garnish with the reserved cherries.

By Bibi

Ingredients

• ✓ kirsch
• butter
• pear
• egg
• white sugar
• heavy cream
• all-purpose flour
• lemon zest
• vanilla extract
• cardamom
• salt
• confectioners' sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. 2 Butter a 10 1/2-inch round baking dish or pie plate. Fan pear slices out in a single layer in the bottom.
3. 3 Beat eggs and sugar together using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in heavy cream, flour, kirsch, lemon zest, vanilla extract, cardamom, and salt on low speed until batter is smooth. Set batter aside to rest, about 15 minutes.
4. 4 Pour batter over the pears in the baking dish.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until set and golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool briefly, about 15 minutes. Serve warm, sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.

By Rita Spangler