Cherry Bakewell Muffins

These cherry bakewell muffins are simply fabulous! With a light fluffy texture, a delicious icing topping and a sweet cherry to top, they're my take on the classic bakewell tart. 

If you love the classic bakewell tart almond flavours then you'll love these cherry bakewell muffins.

These bakewell muffins have a delicious almond tasting moist centre with chopped cherries and are topped with a sweet icing layer and a glace cherry.

They're great for so many occasions. For more home baking recipes, check out the list below!

Plus they won’t affect your waistline quite as much being only 200 calories each!

But just how exactly did the idea for these cherry bakewell muffins come about?

Well, I was raking through my kitchen ingredients cupboard a couple of weeks ago and I came across a little plastic container of glace cherries.

Now for the life of me I just could not remember what I bought these in for!

After much thinking, I began to imagine some kind of bakewell tart recipe, but perhaps done as a muffin instead of the classic recipe.

I also had some ground almonds that I bought more recently in order to re-do an older curry recipe’s picture, the Lamb Rogan Josh one, and so I though, why not cherry bakewell muffins?

You could also call these cherry bakewell cupcakes. Either way, I think you'll find them absolutely delicious!

To make these I was able to change some of my skinny coconut and vanilla muffins recipe ingredients.

So it didn’t involve too much in the way of kitchen experimentation as I had other dishes I wanted to try out.

I made these on Saturday morning, and they were still quite soft for eating yesterday (Monday) kept in a cake tin.

If you are reading this and you get a chance to actually let me know how long they lasted for you, then I’ll adjust this recipe to that effect!

Cakes don't tend to last long in our house. Thanks. 🙂

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• Ingredients
• How To Make Bakewell Muffins
• Substitutions
• Tips For The Best Cherry Bakewell Muffins
• Equipment
• Other Popular Home Baking Recipes You Might Also Like
• 📋 Cherry Bakewell Muffins Recipe
• Nutrition Label
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Ingredients

• Self-Raising Flour
• Baking Powder
• Caster Sugar
• Ground Almonds
• Glacé Cherries
• Eggs
• Sunflower Oil
• No Fat Plain Yogurt
• Icing Sugar
• Lemon Juice

See recipe card for quantities.

How To Make Bakewell Muffins

Detailed instructions are in the recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to make this cherry bakewell muffin recipe:

1. Preheat oven to 180C (Fan). Line cupcake / muffin tin with paper cases / muffin cases.
2. In a large mixing bowl, sift the dry ingredients together and add the chopped glace cherries.
3. In a smaller mixing bowl, whisk the wet ingredients together.
4. Using a plastic spatula to gradually fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture to make a batter.
5. Spoon the mixture equally between the paper cases / muffin cases.
6. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the muffins have risen and are golden brown. (Oven times may vary). Check they are fully cooked inside by inserting a tooth pick into one and ensuring it comes out clean.
7. Transfer the muffins onto a wire rack and allow them to cool completely.
8. Once cooled sift the icing sugar into a bowl and mix it with the lemon juice.
9. Top each muffin with icing sugar and a glace cherry and allow the icing to set.

Substitutions

• Self-Raising Flour - substitute with plain flour and 2.5 teaspoon baking powder.
• Baking Powder
• Caster Sugar
• Ground Almonds - to could grind up flaked almonds to make this.
• Glacé Cherries
• Eggs - to make vegan cherry bakewell muffins replace egg with vegan substitute.
• Sunflower Oil
• No Fat Plain Yogurt - to make vegan replace with dairy free alternative.
• Icing Sugar
• Lemon Juice

Tips For The Best Cherry Bakewell Muffins

• To make sure the muffins are as moist as possible do not miss out any of the wet egg mixture.
• When mixing, use a platic spatula to gradually fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture. Don't overdo the mixing.
• When baking leave in the oven until risen and golden brown. Don't open the oven unless checking them (see instructions) to ensure they are cooked inside.
• Allow to cool before topping with the icing or it will run.
• Keep your cherry bakewell muffins in an airtight container and they should last for up to 3 days. 

Equipment

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Equipment

• 12 hole muffin tin
• Sieve
• Measuring spoons
• Kitchen scale
• Measuring jug
• Large mixing bowl
• Pyrex mixing glass bowl
• Whisk
• Wooden spoon
• Wooden skewers
• Wire baking rack

This is the 12 hole muffin tin I use. 

As you can see it's relatively inexpensive and it's perfect for all kinds of muffin recipes.

It's made with heavy gauge carbon steel for long lasting performance and comes with a 25 year guarantee!

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