Black-Cherry Cakes

Ingredients:

370 g flour
320 g softened butter
310 g granulated sugar
250 g black-cherries
80 g brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 beaten egg for the glaze
1 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp rum
2 tsp aniseed liqueur
Pinch table salt
Freshly milled black pepper

Preparing:

Sieve the flour and the baking powder.

Mix the softened butter with the sugar, vanilla sugar and salt.
Add the egg and the egg yolk.
Incorporate the flour, the rum and the aniseed liqueur.
Bring the mixture together and chill for 1 hour.

Cook the cherries and the brown sugar for 10 minutes.
Remove from heat, add the pepper and let cool.

Part the ball of cake mixture and part-fill a greased small cake tins from the first half.
Top with a layer of cold cherries and cover with mixture from the second half.

Bake at 170°C (350°F) for 25 minutes.