I have had a jar of cherries sitting in the cupboard for a while and yesterday when my youngest and I were home alone we decided we would make some yummy cakes with them. This recipe is pretty much the same as the Orange Scented Honey Cake with a few minor alterations.
We had bought a jar of local honey from the shop the day before and so a whopping 250ml of that went into the cake mixture.
We then separated the mixture and made cupcakes with half and a small tray bake with the rest you can either make a big tray bake or lots of cupcakes or half half as we did.
Honey and Cherry Cake/ Cupcake
- 100g dairy free margarine
- 50g light brown sugar
- 250ml honey ( the thick set kind rather than clear)
- 250ml hot water
- 2 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla sugar
- 300g plain flour
- 1 and 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- About a cupful of drained cherries, or use fresh if you have them.
- Preheat oven to 170c and either grease a 20cm x 30cm tin or do as I do and line with greaseproof.
- I made this in the food processor but I am sure if you mix well making by hand would be fine too.
- Add the margarine and sugar to your food processor and blitz to combine. Next add the honey, vanilla extract and water and combine again.
- Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl then gradually add that to the wet ingredients giving a little blitz between each addition until it is all combined.
- Pour into tin and spread evenly or seperate into cupcake cases.
- For the cupcakes we added a single cherry to each cake then went mad dropping lots onto the tray bake. It really is up to you.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 to 30 minutes or until golden.
- Place on a wire rack to cool.
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oo these look lovely : )
especially the cup cakes with the cherry on top !
I really like this recipe, I just made a lemon drizzle to go over and it is lovely, will add the sliced photos later as I was surprised who lovely it looked sliced, especially considering the way my son poured the whole bowl of cherries in instead of doing it daintily like I showed him! Haha
Looks yummy! I will have to give these a try, especially b/c they were such a hit with your son. Allergy friendly recipes that my 3-year might enjoy are always a plus!
Yes do let me know if your 3 yr old likes them too! 🙂
Yum this sounds amazing!
Thankyou, they are pleasingly simple too!
Going to have my 13 year old daughter bake this next. It looks amazing!
Can I use glacé cherries in this recipe please? It looks great
Yes I love glacé cherries!