CHERRY TEA CAKES

A delicious and easy cake to make :

250g butter
100g plain flour
100g almond meal
4 eggs
150g castor sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 packet dried cherries
(cut into small pieces and soak in brandy for 1 hr)

Sieve flour, almond meal and baking powder together
Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy
Add in eggs slowly at a time and vanilla extract
Beat mixture till well blended
Fold in dry ingredients untill well incorporated
Scoop mixture into muffin tin till 3/4 full
Sprinkle cherries over mixture
Bake till cakes are springy to the touch and test skewer comes out clean
Drizzle hot cakes with cherry brandy