Cherry Cupcakes

I don't bake so often as most of you know. Baked this yesterday for hub's b'day. Captured the cupcakes' photos on a cloudy day which was yesterday.

Ingredients:
APF - 1 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1 1/4 tsp.
Salt - 1/4 tsp.
Butter - 1/2 cup (room temperature)
Sugar - 1 cup
A large egg or 2 small eggs
Buttermilk - 1 cup
Pitted cherries (fresh) - 1 cup ( I used canned cherries)
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp. 
Almond extract - 1/4 tsp.

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350 F/180 C.
Whisk the salt, baking powder and the flour together in a medium-sized bowl.
Mix the butter and sugar together until it becomes light and creamy in a large bowl.
Then blend in the egg and the extracts  until they turn smooth.
Gradually mix the dry and the wet ingredients with the buttermilk in between alternatively (wet ingredient-->dry ingredient-->buttermilk and so on). Conclude the mixing with the flour mixture.
Then stir in the chopped cherries.
Finally bake the goodies for 19 minutes or until the tester comes out clean.
Cool the cupcakes on a rack.

The Frosting

Ingredients:
Butter - 1/2 cup (room temperature)
Milk - 3 tbsp.
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp.
Confectioner/Icing sugar - 2-3 cups
Food Color - a few drops (optional)

Method:
Mix everything till thick in high speed...
You know what to do with the mixture. Heh. -_-"

Recipe Source: Baking Bites


Now I'm off to laze. Zzzzz.....

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