225g plain flour
½ tsp salt
4 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
150g caster sugar
1 large egg
250ml milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
90g butter, melted
410g can Black Cherries
300g cream cheese
30g icing sugar
Chocolate flake or chocolate curls, to decorate
How to make it
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C.
2. Put 12 paper muffin cases into a muffin tin.
3. Sift the flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar.
4. In a jug, beat the egg, milk and vanilla extract together, then stir in the melted butter. Pour into the dry ingredients and add half the can Black Cherries. Stir until just combined – do not beat!
5. Share the mixture between the muffin cases. Bake for 23-25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
6. Mix the cream cheese and icing sugar together. Use to top the muffins, along with the remaining Black Cherry Fruit Filling and some crumbled chocolate flake or chocolate curls.