festive cherry and chocolate cupcakes

Indulge yourself into these mouthwatering festive cupcakes, packed with cherries and chocolate. They are extra fluffy and taste absolutely amazing. Click read more for the recipe!

you will need

makes about 24 large or 48 small cupcakes

• 450g of self-raising flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
• 2 teaspoons of lemon juice
• 100g of brown sugar
• 100g of white sugar
• 250g of dairy-free 'butter'
• 200g of cherry jam (I used cherry and brandy jam for extra festiviness)
• 100g of vegan chocolate chips (most dark chocolate ones are dairy free but check the label)
• 75 ml of golden syrup
• 250g of dairy free cherry yogurt (I always use ALPRO)
• some ground cinnamon and ginger
• vanilla flavouring
• red food colour
• dairy free chocolate buttercream for decorating (again, a lot of butter creams are actually dairy free, but always check the label)

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the recipe

Start by mixing dry ingredients - flour, spices and baking powder

step two: put butter, jam, sugars and syrup into a pot and place it on a low heat. Keep stirring till everything melts. Slowly pour the mixture into the bowl with flour and spices and mix well.

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finish by stirring in remaining ingredients - yogurt, vanilla, red food colouring (I used half of bottle and that gave me a nice pink look to the cakes) and chocolate chips

Bake in a 200C oven for 20 minutes per tray (for large muffins) or 12 minutes per tray (for tiny cupcakes). Once out of oven and cooled down you can decorate them by piping some chocolate butter cream and adding some festive sprinkles.

Enjoy!