Baking Recipes - Cherry Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Makes 1 cake

• 175 g/6 oz butter or margarine

• 175 g/6 oz caster sugar

• 3 eggs

• 300 g/10 oz self-raising flour, sifted

• 250 g/8 oz glace cherries, halved

• 50 g/2 oz ground almonds

• about 5 tablespoons milk

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Method:

1. Line and grease a deep 18 cm/7 inch cake tin.

2. Cream the fat and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding a tablespoon of flour with the last two.

3. Carefully fold in the remaining flour, then fold in the cherries, ground almonds and enough milk to give a dropping consistency.

4. Put the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in a preheated oven, 160°C (325°F), Gas Mark 3, for 1 1/2-2 hours.

5. Leave the cherry cake in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn on to a wire rack to cool.