Glacé cherry cupcakes
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20 min
While you may think glace cherries look a little too sticky in a tub, they are transformed once they are in the cakes. Rinsing helps to stop them sinking in the case.
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Ingredients
Makes: 12 cupcakes
- 250g (9 oz) glace cherries, halved
- 150g (5 oz) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 150g (5 oz) butter
- 100g (4 oz) soft light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 4 tablespoons clear honey
Method
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:20min
- Heat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4 and line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases.
- Put the cherries in a sieve and rinse them under cold running water, then pat dry on kitchen paper. Toss in a little bit of flour to coat lightly.
- Put the remaining flour in the bowl with baking powder, mixed spice, butter, sugar, eggs and half the honey and beat together for about 2 minutes until smooth and well blended. Stir in the cherries, then spoon the mixture into the prepared paper cases.
- Bake in the oven until well risen and golden brown on the top, about 20 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack and brush the tops with the remaining honey while still warm.
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the cherries on top were god. mmmmmmmmmmmmm! - 08 Jun 2017