Cherry cupcakes with liquorice frosting

Hello everybody!! How was the Christmas break? Mine was excellent!! I spent a few weeks in Spain with my family and friends enjoying the sun and a warmer weather.
We all came back with full batteries to go back to work, school and to this not so warm weather. 
I have great news I would like to share with all of you. I am starting to give baking courses for adults and children in Lund. Courses will start in March. I will give you more details about days and times on my facebook page.
And there is more! But I can not say anything yet! All I can say is that I am really excited and it will be a big step forward.
Let's start baking!!!
Today I bring a very interesting combination of flavours: cherry and liquorice.

Here you have the ingredients for the cherry cupcakes
200g of all purpose flour
200g of granulated sugar
100g of butter (room temperature)
100g of cherries (I used the ones that come in a can as  we are not in the season for fresh cherries)
3 eggs
16g of baking powder
100ml of milk
We sift the flour with the baking powder and we reserve for later.

We beat the sugar and the butter using the electric mixer until they are well combined. We add the eggs one by one while we keep mixing. Now we incorporate half of the flour little by little with a spoon while mixing. Next we will add half of the milk and when everything is well incorporated we add the rest of the flour. Finally we will pour the rest of the milk. We will use the electric mixer on low speed until we get a smooth blend. It is time to put the cherries in. We will cut them as small as we can to give them a softer touch and so we do not find big chunks of them when eating the cupcake.

The dough is ready to divide into the the papper molds. We will bake the cupcakes as usual at 180ºC for 22-25 minutes.

Now the ingredients for the liquorice buttercream:
125g of cream cheese
300g of icing sugar
50g of butter (room temperature)
40g of liquorice (candy bar cut in very small pieces)

You basically toss everything in a bowll and mix it first on low speed and the you go to medium speed for five more minutes until everything is combined and you get a fluffy and smooth frosting.

We are ready to cover or pipe our cupcakes.

Enjoy the recipe and stay tuned for exciting news on the next post!