Preparation time: less than 30 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins to 1 hour
Serves: Makes 12
If you like Bakewell tarts, you’ll love these cute almond and cherry cupcakes. They make a great addition to a bake sale.
Ingredients:
For the cupcakes
150g Margarine
150g Caster Sugar
100g Self-raising Flour
3 free-range Eggs (room temperature)
1 tsp Baking Powder
60g Ground Almonds
1 tbsp Milk
90g Rasberry Jam
For the icing
250g Icing Sugar
3 tbsp fresh Lemon Juice
12 un-dyed Cherries
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
For the cupcakes, cream the margarine in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the remaining ingredients, except the raspberry jam, and mix until well combined.
Spoon the mixture into the cases and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until risen and golden-brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
For the icing, mix the icing sugar and lemon juice together in a bowl until smooth.
Using an apple corer, carefully remove the middle of the cupcakes. Fill the holes with the raspberry jam.
Carefully spoon the icing onto the top of each cake until the icing reaches the sides of the cake case and top with a cherry.