Exceedingly good

As a massive fan of the cherry bakewell tart, I am always open to any variations. For example, I have a barman friend who makes a blinding Bakewell Sour cocktail. It is essentially a pimped up Amaretto Sour but with some mental cherry brandy or something. Exceedingly well pimped.

So I had a go at my own baking variation of the Bakewell Sour cocktail. It took me a while to decide exactly how to make it taste like the cocktail but make it tasty as a cupcake. But OMG FML, the result was blinding. And nothing went wrong FOR ONCE!

Cherry bakewell cupcakes...

100g caster sugar
50g muscovado sugar
150g unsalted butter
2 large eggs
75g ground almonds
1tsp almond essence
100g self raising flour
1-2 tbls milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
Cherry or raspberry jam

Icing sugar
Lime/lemon juice

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350F / Gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs slowly, then the remaining ingredients and mix until well combined. Only add enough milk to make the mixture less stiff.
3. Spoon the mixture into the cases and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until risen and golden-brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
4. Using a knife or an apple corer, carefully remove the middle of the cupcakes while they are still relatively warm. Fill the holes with the jam. You can slightly water down the jam with boiling water if needs be.
5. For the icing, mix the icing sugar and lemon juice together in a bowl until smooth and really thick. Carefully spoon the icing onto the top of each cake until the icing reaches the sides of the cake case and top with a glacé cherry.

Didn't they bake well (lol)? They baked exceedingly well! Apparently people felt like they had exploded with orgasmic joy after tasting them.
Shit photos taken with phone PS. Need to take better photos of my baking.