Easy, cherry, almond cake

image of a slice of loaf cake with cherries inside, presented on a wooden board, recipe available on the blog of cookery school, Gourmandises Academie, Cambridge

Ingredients:

3 eggs 

175 g unsalted butter (soft)

175 g of sugar (granulated or caster) 

200 g of self raising flour

50 g of ground almonds

150 g of  fresh pitted cherries (can use frozen)

Three TBSP of cherry rum or kirsch

A loaf tin, buttered and lined with parchment paper

Pre-heat your oven at 180º C

 

Method:

This has to be the easiest recipe ever as everything goes in one bowl. I use my kitchen aid with the whisk for this, you can use an electric whisk too, or do it by hand. Basically, mix all the ingredients together (except the cherries) until it’s nice and fluffy, then gently fold in the cherries. Pour the cake batter into the loaf and bake for 1¼ hours.  

How to stop cherries from sinking in cake?

Before folding in the cherries into your cake batter, toss them into a bit of flour and then add them to your mix.

Bon appétit!

Corinne

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