Cherry & almond cake

Fruity cake recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has butter, golden caster sugar, egg, almond, self-raising flour, almond, baking powder, glace cherry, milk and almond.

Cherry & almond cake

Cherry & almond cake

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Fruity cake
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

20 mins

Ingredients

  • Egg: 4 eggs
  • Milk: 100ml milk
  • Butter: 200g butter, softened
  • Almond: 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • Self Raising Flour: 175g self-raising flour
  • Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • Golden Caster Sugar: 200g golden caster sugar
  • Glace Cherry: 300g glace cherries

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line the base and sides of a 20cm deep cake tin. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the eggs, one by one. Fold in the almond extract, flour, ground almonds and baking powder, followed by the cherries and milk.
  2. Scrape into the prepared tin, scatter over the flaked almonds, then bake for 1 hr-1 hr 15 mins. Cool the cake in its tin before serving.