Chocolate-Cherry Cupcakes

These are very easy, very good – somehow light and dense at the same time – and I love their dark, glossy elegance. When I made them for the cake stall at my daughter’s school fair, they sold, even at a pound a piece, quicker than anything else. I’d have included them in the school fête section, except that they’re perhaps too expensive to make a habit of. Still, if the cost considerations include time, then this probably counts as a cheap undertaking.