These Black Forest Cupcakes are made with a moist chocolate cupcake, homemade cherry filling and fresh vanilla whipped cream on top! Delicious for fresh cherry season!

The filling is homemade, which is nice. You could of course buy a pre-made filling if you don’t have a lot of time, but this homemade version is quite simple to make. You’ve got your cherries, sugar for sweetness, cornstarch for thickening and little water for some liquid to pull it all together. You just want to cook it on the stove until things are thickened, then set them in fridge to firm up. You could easily make it a day or ahead, if you wanted.

The topping is fresh vanilla whipped cream. There’s nothing quite like a fresh whipped cream. Sometimes it can be tempting to reduce the amount of powdered sugar used, but in this case you’ll want to be sure to use it all. It helps to stabilize the whipped cream so it doesn’t wilt. The whipped cream will stay firm for days!

Finish off the cupcakes with some chocolate and additional cherries and you’ve got a delicious cupcake that will be the hit of the summer!