Sour cherry coffee loaf

Name: Sour cherry coffee loaf
Ingredients: 75 ml/5 tbsp strong brewed instant coffee; 175 g/6 oz/1 cup dried sour cherries; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp baking powder; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 20 ml/4 tsp strong brewed instant coffee; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; 175 g/6 oz/scant 1 cup golden caster (superfine) sugar; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Dried sour cherries have a concentrated fruit flavour that makes them ideal for adding to cakes. Here they are partnered with strong brewed coffee, both in the cake and in the delicious icing.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/¾ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
175

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 900 g/2 lb