chocolate covered cherry cupcakes

Ingredients For chocolate covered cherry cupcakes

• CUPCAKE MIXTURE
• 2 c

  cups all-purpose unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 tsp

  baking soda
• 3/4 tsp

  teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 tsp

  salt
• 12 Tbsp

  unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 c

  plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 c

  nonalkalized cocoa powder (not dutch-processed)
• 2 tsp

  pure vanilla extract
• 3 lg

  eggs at room temperature
• 1 1/4 c

  water
• 1/4 c

  milk
• SWEET VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
• 3 c

  confectioners' sugar
• 1 c

  butter, room temperature
• 1 tsp

  pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 Tbsp

  milk or whipping cream
• CANDIES
• 1 jar

  maraschino cherries (drained)
• 1 jar

  chocolate sprinkles