Fresh cherry cake with a hint of cinnamon

Fresh cherry cake with a hint of cinnamon

Delicious and perfect for a picnic

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 55 mins - 1 hr 5 mins

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4. Grease and base line a 20cm round cake tin, about 5cm deep. Sift the flour, cinnamon and caster sugar into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the egg, milk and melted butter, then combine with a wooden spoon or electric whisk. Beat well to make a thick, smooth mixture. Spoon into the tin and spread evenly.
  2. Remove the stalks and stones from the cherries, using a pitter if you have one to keep the fruit whole. Scatter the cherries over the mixture and gently press them in.
  3. To make the topping, tip all the ingredients into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingers to make a crumb-like mixture, then work the mixture until it comes together in pea-sized pieces. Scatter the topping over the cherries.
  4. Bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean. Leave in the tin until cool enough to handle, then run a knife round the edge, remove the cake from the tin and leave on a wire rack until completely cold.
  5. For a picnic, make the cake up to 24 hours ahead and return it to the clean tin when cold. Dust liberally with icing sugar, then wrap in cling film or foil.

Per slice

247 kcalories, protein 3.0g, carbohydrate 32.0g, fat 12.0 g, saturated fat 7.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 12.0g, salt 0.46 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2003.

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  • 14 November 2007

    coby rated this recipe

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  • 16 March 2008

    PLUM rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a fantastic pudding to make, a bit tricky in plaes, but it tastes reall nice, and my Dad who is a huge cherry fan quietly enjoyed it!!

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  • 19 May 2008

    RColeman rated and commented on this recipe

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    Every time I have made this it has needed a few minutes extra in the oven but it's always great and if you don't have cherries, apples are great in this!

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  • 13 June 2008

    sally rated and commented on this recipe

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    Good cake, nice to use fresh cherries, very simple to make.

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  • 18 July 2008

    sweet tooth rated and commented on this recipe

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    Loved the juicy cherries in this. Needed a touch more milk in the batter and a touch more flour in the topping for me. I used a slightly bigger tin as it was handy and shouldn't have - stick to the smaller one for more depth!

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  • 23 July 2008

    redsnapperuk rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was easy to make and tasted fantastic. I just wish that I could have made a bigger one!!! My family demolished it in no time at all.

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  • 12 August 2008

    Sharon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So easy to make that my 8 year old son made it. It needed a bit of milk in the batter and slightly longer to cook but was delicious. Would definitely make it again.

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  • 17 May 2009

    Sally commented on this recipe

    I used drained tinned cherries, and the result was brilliant. I also decorated the top using some warmed raspberry jam, 2 tbsp of cherry syrup ( from the drained cherries) I drizzled it over the top, then drizzled white icing as well. The decoration took away the plainess of the look of the cake, all the family loved it!

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  • 01 June 2009

    Helen2007 commented on this recipe

    It definitely needs longer cooking. My husband loved it!

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  • 08 June 2009

    jozrecipes commented on this recipe

    I enjoyed the process of making this cake and it is one of the few recipes I've tried that came out looking like the picture! i gave the cake an extra five minutes cooking just to make sure the centre wasn't sticky. the fruit and crumble topping is delicious, but next time I would add slightly less sugar to the cake itself.

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  • 06 July 2009

    Jane rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely cake. I did give it 5 minutes extra cooking time and it was just perfect. Will definitely make this again.

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  • 14 July 2009

    sammy cooks rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I am allergic to raw cherries but can eat them cooked so this is ideal for me. It's delicious. Mine took 35 mins in fan oven. The amount of cherries seems a lot, I thought they might make the cake soggy, but it's just right. We had it with creme fraiche as that's what I had in the fridge, and it went really well with it.

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  • 14 July 2009

    My Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious! I also have a very similar recipe for an apple cake so it would work very well substituting apples for the cherries, or raspberries would be just as tasty!

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  • 23 July 2009

    Alisar rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely delicious! Like others, I had to cook for a little bit longer, and found that I needed more flour in the topping. Served with vanilla ice cream and it went down a storm. I will definitely make this one again.

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  • 14 August 2009

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this to use up some cherries that were too large due to the huge amount of recent rainfall. We deceided that cooking them would concentrate the flavour. I increased the amount of cinnamon and it worked a treat.

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  • 18 August 2009

    penny rated this recipe

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  • 21 August 2009

    dinners commented on this recipe

    Had to add approx 2 extra tbsps of milk to the mixture as very stiff and thick initially. Also had to add more flour to the topping mix and cooked for 5 mins longer than recipe said. All in all, a delicious cake but an inaccurate recipe.

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  • 14 October 2009

    Joan I'Anson rated this recipe

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  • 05 November 2009

    beth82 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Lovely!! Went down a treat with my husband and kids.

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  • 06 April 2010

    miriam commented on this recipe

    This cake is absolutely delicious, it is very easy to make and it looks exactly like the photo. I didn't change anything in the recipe, it was all perfect for me, including the baking time. I made it twice so far and it works every time, I used defrosted frozen black cherries that come stoned already, so not much work. The first time I was a bit suspicious as the batter is very thick and sticky - I persevered and it works. Will do it again MM

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 55 mins - 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

  • 140g self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 50g golden caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 85g butter , melted
  • 350g juicy, ripe cherries
  • icing sugar, for dusting

FOR THE TOPPING

  • 25g plain flour
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 25g golden caster sugar
  • 25g butter , at room temperature, diced
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Per slice

247 kcalories, protein 3.0g, carbohydrate 32.0g, fat 12.0 g, saturated fat 7.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 12.0g, salt 0.46 g

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