Fresh Cherry Cake

Name: Fresh Cherry Cake
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes: 8-portion cake
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 60 g / 2 oz ground almonds; 100 g / 3½ oz self-raising flour; a few drops of almond essence or orange flower water; 2 tbs caster sugar; 450 g / 1 lb fresh cherries, stones removed; 100 g / 3½ oz caster sugar; 100 g / 3½ oz butter

Preparation info

Makes:
8
-portion cake

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

An almond cake with the cherries baked on top. Sweet cherries that are only just ripe are fine for this cake – save the riper fruit for dessert. To remove the stones use a cherry / olive stoner or a small vegetable knife.

Ingredients

Cake Layer

100 g / 3½ oz butter
100 g / 3½

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter with the sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs separately, beating them in well, stir in the essence and fold in the flour and ground almonds.

Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin and smooth level. Scatter the cherries over the top in a single layer and sprinkle the extra sugar over the fruit.

Bake in the preheated oven until a wooden skewer comes ou