Microwave Cherry Syrup Dessert Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

825 g sweet cherries, drained and reserve syrup
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 cinnamon stick
150 g butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour

Preparation

Place reserved syrup and caster sugar in microwave jug. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add cinnamon and cook for another 15 minutes on high. Remove cinnamon and cool.
Grease and line a 20cm microwave cake tin.
Place butter in microwave safe bowl. Cook on medium-low for 1 minute.
Add brown sugar to butter and beat with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add eggs 1 at a time. Stir in yoghurt and vanilla essence. Fold in flour.
Pour cherries into mixture and fold through.
Pour into prepared cake tin nd cook on medium for 15 minutes.
Let stand 5 minutes then invert onto a plate and eat with vanilla ice-cream.