Cherry Almond Cake Recipe
Ingredients
1. Glace cherries (275gms)
2. baking powder (1tsp)
3. castor sugar (225gms)
4. ground almonds without skin (175gms)
5. almond flavoring (1/2tsp)
6. self raising flour (65gms)
7. soft butter (225gms)
8. beaten eggs (6)
9. salt (a pinch)
10. sift icing sugar (for decoration)
Method of preparation:-
1. First heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Take a 9” round cake pan. Line it with geese proof paper and grease it. The cake will crack if the pan used for cake is smaller than the specified one.
2. Take cherries, cut them into half and pat dry them. Dust lightly with flour and arrange in the bottom of the pan.
3. Take a bowl, beat butter with sugar in it until gets fluffy. Add eggs and beat a little at a time. Add 1 tablespoon of flour. Stir it but do not overstir, it results hole in the cake. Now add flour, a pinch of salt, baking powder, flavoring and almonds. Mix them and then pour into the pan. Tap the pan at the bottom.
4. Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake it for about 1 hour or until it gets baked. Insert the tooth pick in the center of cake if it comes out clean then the cake is ready. Keep it to cool for few minutes. Decorate its top with sift icing sugar. Do not over bake the cake it results in dry texture.
Preparation time – 1 hour 10 minutes
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