Cherry & Chocolate Muffins

I made these muffins last week and thought I really must try and make some more, they were pretty darn good! I usually stick to bananas, apricots or apples when adding fruit to muffins but I found the cherries were a great addition.. plump, juicy and delicious! If fresh are not around, pitted jar cherries will be just fine...

Chocolate cherry muffins - they're a little bit Black Foresty - just add cream and you're there!

Ingredients (makes 24):
115ml light flavoured vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk

450g self-raising flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
210g sugar
60g cocoa

1 1/2 cups pitted cherries or drained sour cherries from a 680g jar (Aldi in Aus has such a jar ;) )

Preheat oven to moderate 180c. In a medium bowl, whisk the wet ingredients together. In a seperate bowl, sift dry ingredients together. Gently add the wet ingredients to the dry, mixing gently with a wooden spoon until just combined. Add the cherries and stir gently. Scoop the batter into greased muffin trays and bake for 20-25 minutes until well risen and a skewer inserted into a centre muffin comes out clean. Best eaten while still warm!