Cherry Lemon Cupcake

On the last day of June my daughter's class went out and  summer holiday started.On 31st of August the school will reconvene and she will start an entirely new class. So on that day every body was bringing lots of gift for their class teacher..Tanta(acknowledgement for class teacher in Dutch) Nicky's hand were also full,naturally..So when I asked Gudia's(daughter) opinion she thought of the obvious...flower...as imaginative as 5years old!! But as a sensible mother and an imaginative one,thought better of  it and opted for more personal one..a cake..but time was short because last day was school was a half one too!!So I have to fix some thing on time line of 1/2 hr!! So when I saw lots of fresh cherry's on my fridge...and no..this is not free...!! I just tweaked a strawberry cupcake recipe into a Lemon Cherry one!! Oh,,,and the taste of it...you have to make it..as word cannot always convey the taste!! But when Gudia presented the still warm cake in her hand...she just did two things...one said the word warm in dutch!! and gave Mamma a big bear hug...and student got her share in return...a sweet kiss of her class teacher....isn't it nice?? So if you want the same drama in your life ...or not...you got to make this quick but tasty cake at your home!!

P.S. I made 12 and kept 4 for myself... as, I just couldn't resist myself  after getting the look of it and obviously the SMELL..as looks can sometimes be deceptive!! So here is the recipe

Ingredients:
 
All-purpose flour : 2 cups

Sugar : 1cup

Eggs  : 1

Butter/Margarine: 1 cup

Buttermilk : 200 ml

Fresh Cherries : 1 cup, pitted and halved ,retain the juice

Baking Powder : 1 tsp

Baking Soda : 1 tsp

Vanilla Essence : 2 tsp

Zest and Juice of Lemon : 1


Method:
Pre-heat the oven at 375F/190C and prepare a 12 cup baking tin with lining the tin with cupcake mould. In a large mixing bowl mix butter, buttermilk, lemon juice, vanilla essence and egg together. In a separate bowl shift flour, baking powder, baking soda. Mix in the sugar. Now slowly fold the dry ingredients in the wet mixture.Fold in the zest and the cherries and the juices and mix until just combined. Over mixing will result in dense muffins. Now fill the cups with a ice-cream scoop.Leave  a little bit of space in the top as it will rise. Bake it in the oven for about 20-25 Min's or until the a toothpick inserted in the middle of the muffins, comes out clean.