Cherry Cake Recipe

By Recipes4us

Veg CD CBF 135mins

This is a delicious cherry cake made with glace cherries and ground almonds.

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Makes 1 x 20cm/8 inch cakeï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ Coldï¿½ Vegetarianï¿½ Dried Fruitï¿½ Nuts Cakes Baked Fayreï¿½ Teatime

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Ingredients:

225g/8oz Glace Cherries, quartered

225g/8oz Butter

225g/8oz Caster Sugar

4 Eggs, beaten

225g/8oz Self Raising Flour

50g/2oz Candied Citrus Peel, chopped

100g/4oz Ground Almonds

The grated Rind and Juice of 1 Lemon

Instructions

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1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, Gas mark 4 and grease and line a 20cm/8-inch cake tin with greaseproof paper.

2. In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy then gradually beat in the eggs.

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3. Add the flour and ground almonds and beat well.
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3. Dust the cherries with flour, shaking off any excess and fold into the cake mixture together with the peel, lemon rind and juice using a metal spoon or spatula.
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4. Turn into the prepared tin and bake in the oven for approximately 2 hours.

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Turn onto a wire rack to cool.

End of instructions

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Key techniques required to make this recipe

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Bake - To cook in an enclosed oven

Cream - to - The process where sugar and softened butter are beaten together with a wooden spoon, until the mixture is light, pale and well blended. This process may also be carried out with a hand held mixer or in a food processor.

Fold inï¿½ - To gently combine lighter mixtures with heavier ones usually using a metal spoon or spatula in a cutting or slicing ï¿½Jï¿½ movement whilst slightly lifting the utensil.

Grease -toï¿½ ï¿½ To cover the insideï¿½ surface of a dish or pan with a layer of fat, such as butter or margarine,ï¿½ or oil using a brush or kitchen paper.

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