Well, I made these cupcakes some months ago but still, I'd like to post some pictures and the recipe since they were pretty and very delicious. There's just something amazing about a soft, fruity batter combined with a milky, creamy frosting. So if you have no idea what to have with a nice cup of tea today, try them!
Vanilla Cherry Cupcakes
makes about 18 medium size cupcakes
batter
1.5c white flour
2 tsp baking powder
150gm butter or margarine, softened
1/2c (homemade) vanilla sugar
1/2c white sugar
2 eggs
about 1.5c fresh cherries, cut in small pieces
frosting
200gm сметана / sour cream / soft cream cheese
100 - 200gm yogurt (it depends on how much frosting you want to have on your cupcakes)
4 tsp vanilla sugar
Preheat oven to 150-170C.
Prepare the frosting: Beat together all ingredients for the frosting using a mixer until well combined and fluffy. Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and keep in fridge while baking the cupcakes.
Prepare the batter: Line about 18 muffin cups with cupcake baking cases.
Whisk together flour and baking powder.
Beat butter, sugar and eggs using a mixer on high speed until light and creamy. Sieve over flour mixture and quickly beat in, just until incorporated. Do not over beat.
Fold in the cherries.
Fill batter into prepared muffin cups and bake for about 30 minutes until done and nicely browned. Let cool completely.
Take the cooled frosting out of the fridge and frost the cupcakes as desired.
Decorate with anything pretty, such as cherries, grated chocolate or chocolate beans.
Keep in fridge.
