Cherry Cake recipes, January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Use up the ingredients at the back of your storecupboard with this simple but tasty bake. It only needs 10 minutes of hands-on time – then the oven does the rest of the work. Ingredients 200g glacé cherries, roughly chopped225g self-raising flour, plus 1 tbsp175g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for the tin175g soft light brown sugar4 eggs, lightly beaten100g ground almonds2 tbsp flaked almonds Method Heat the oven to 180c/160c fan/gas 4. Butter and line a 900g loaf tin. Put the cherries in a bowl and toss well with 1 tbsp of flour. Set aside. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour in between to stop the mixture curdling. Stir in the remaining flour and ground almonds before combining with the cherries. Spoon into the loaf tin before sprinkling over the flaked almonds. Bake for 1 hr or until golden and a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before slicing to serve. Uncategorized