Cherry & almond cake

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• amandaj

  24 May 2010

  amandaj commented on this recipe

  this cake was delicious very moist unfortunately despite quartering cherries they still sunk to the bottom!!!

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• amandaj

  24 May 2010

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• Julie Bahrain

  24 May 2010

  Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A light, traditional cherry cake. My cherries also sunk - maybe they should be dusted with flour or rinsed first?

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• Hannah S

  26 May 2010

  Hannah S rated and commented on this recipe

  

  My cherries also sunk despite halving them, rinsing them and coating in flour! I think it is because of the texture of the mixture - I was not a fan of the greasy butteriness of this cake, although the flavour was good. I'm not going to make it again as I've asked my grandma to send me her original cherry madeira recipe which I absolutely love. It's much more almondy and less buttery.

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• Georgia

  27 May 2010

  Georgia commented on this recipe

  This cake was lovely and moist but the cherries at the bottom made it a bit tart, obviously getting cherries not to sink is a secret no-one's willing to share. Really good apart from that; I'll make it without the cherries next time.

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• sue

  29 May 2010

  sue commented on this recipe

  Hannah, please can you let me have your grandmas recipe for cherry cake, I too found this too buttery and greasy.

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• kathjleen

  29 May 2010

  kathjleen commented on this recipe

  lovely cake, my cherrries too sank to the bottom, will be making again as my son loved making it and helped to eat it too....

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• issie1414

  31 May 2010

  issie1414 commented on this recipe

  I wonder if you could use Fresh Cherries in this recipe? The cherries on our tree are just about ready, think I will try it and let you all know the outcome.

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• Jennahead

  31 May 2010

  Jennahead commented on this recipe

  I worked at the recent election in the UK, and in the polling station I worked next to an ex-baker all day. He told me the secret for keeping cherries risen in a cake....but I can't for the life of me remember what it is! I remember he said that he had to go to the chemist to buy it. 'T******* acid' is all I can remember. I'm so annoyed! I wonder what it could be! I'm going to have to track him down....

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• Shirley

  05 June 2010

  Shirley commented on this recipe

  Nice cake, luckily my cherries never sank to the bottom unlike the picture!!!!

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• mildlydiverting

  09 June 2010

  mildlydiverting commented on this recipe

  @Jennahead - Tartaric Acid? It's a precursor of Cream of Tartar, which is in baking powder... http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/cream_of_tartar @Hannah S +1 for your grandma's recipe!

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• Hilary

  13 June 2010

  Hilary commented on this recipe

  This cake is delicious, tasty and moist. Three requests for the recipe so far! I made it using a 24cm tin as I couldn't find my smaller tin, used 400gms of cherries as I had to buy that quantity to purchase the 300gms required for the recipe. I figured with the larger tin that would mean a good layer of cherries which I think look really interesting layered on the bottom of the cake.

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• LucyLoo

  30 June 2010

  LucyLoo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I haven't baked in a long while and decided to try out this recipe after seeing it in the Daily Mail! It was so easy to make - I thought it was delicious and all those I shared it with agreed! However, Hannah, I would love your Grandma's recipe for cherry madeira if you are happy to share it!

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• katie@stewed

  11 July 2010

  katie@stewed commented on this recipe

  I tried this recipe coz it's one of my favourite cakes of all time. I ended up with a bright pink cake instead of the lovely cream sponge contrasting with the vibrant red cherries. Oops! I went wrong by chopping the cherries and instead of gently folding them into the mixture I just whacked them in my kitchen aid. It tasted blinding though! I'll just be a bit more gentle next time...

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• Carol

  09 August 2010

  Carol commented on this recipe

  Me too Hannah would love you grandmas recipe. I am going to try it with raspberries instead, so watch this space.

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• dotty

  17 September 2010

  dotty commented on this recipe

  My cherries also sank! Hannah i would also love your grandma's cherry maderia recipie.

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• Royston

  19 September 2010

  Royston rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very dissapointed to sweet and sticky would not make again cherries all at the bittom and i chopped them. i think what would help far less sugar wash the cherriies and dry, then.flour .

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• moonhippy

  24 November 2010

  moonhippy commented on this recipe

  The only way I know to stop cherries sinking is to coat them in flour but it appears that doesn't even work with this recipe which is a shame

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• karenmay

  03 December 2010

  karenmay rated and commented on this recipe

  

  feel like I should have blended (in kitchen aid) the flour, ground almond etc instead of folding. Came out very sweet and again cherries at the bottom and very moist cake. Prefer more drier cake. Shame.

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• Emma6814

  04 January 2011

  Emma6814 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Fantastic moist cake. Really tasty and very easy to make. My cherries did sink to the bottom as well though.

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Ingredients

• 200g butter , softened
• 200g golden caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• ½ tsp almond extract
• 175g self-raising flour
• 85g ground almonds
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 300g glacé cherries
• 100ml milk
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds

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Cuts into 8-10 slices

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Prep 20 mins

Cook 1 hr - 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 200g butter , softened
• 200g golden caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• ½ tsp almond extract
• 175g self-raising flour
• 85g ground almonds
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 300g glacé cherries
• 100ml milk
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds

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585 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 70g, fat 32 g, saturated fat 15g, fibre 2g, sugar 53g, salt 0.83 g

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