White chocolate & cherry loaf

White chocolate & cherry loaf

This indulgent cake is perfect for tea in the garden

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 10 mins

Freezable

without frosting

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a 1kg loaf tin with baking parchment, making sure the paper comes up higher than the sides. Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy, then add the eggs, a little at a time, along with the vanilla. Fold in the flour until you have a smooth mixture.
  2. Dust the cherries in a little flour, then carefully stir half of the fruit and chocolate into the mixture. Spoon into the prepared tin, then scatter the remaining cherries and chocolate on top, pressing them in lightly. Bake for 1 hr 10 mins - 1 hr 15 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Make sure you don't mistake melted chocolate for raw cake mix. Leave to cool in the tin for a few mins, then turn out on to a wire rack and leave to cool completely. This can now be wrapped tightly in cling film and stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.
  3. Remove the marscapone from the fridge to come to room temperature. Melt the white chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Quickly stir in 1 tbsp of the marscapone, then beat in the rest (be careful not to overbeat the mixture or it will go grainy). Spread over the top of the loaf and finish with white chocolate curls or fresh cherries.

Per serving

485 kcalories, protein 7.0g, carbohydrate 53.0g, fat 29.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 39.0g, salt 0.63 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2008.

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  • Binder photo Belkey

    08 August 2008

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious. I did need to cover with foil part way through cooking though as it was starting to get very brown on top!

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  • Binder photo Beth

    13 August 2008

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Turned out really well - was lovely.

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  • Binder photo Cakey

    15 August 2008

    Cakey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Pure heaven on a plate! Relatively easy for a baking novice such as me! and tasted beautiful!

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  • Binder photo Sascha

    21 September 2008

    Sascha rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is the most successful cake I've ever baked. What's more it looked exactly liked the picture! Since making this recipe I've been using the combination of mascapone with melted white chocolate as a sauce for summer fruits. Totally scrummy!

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  • Binder photo moving.toyshop

    17 November 2008

    moving.toyshop rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, although the ingredients, particularly the fresh cherries, are a bit on the wallet-denting side.

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  • Binder photo green&black

    10 May 2009

    green&black rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used glace cherries instead of fresh and it turned out beautifully.

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  • Binder photo Hilary Hobart

    20 July 2009

    Hilary Hobart rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely gorgeous and so much better the next day when the chocolare has gone chunky again.

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  • Binder photo Nicola

    03 August 2009

    Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Well, I adapted it slightly, so it wasn't exactly as in the recipe. There were no cherries at the market, so I used raspberries instead, and my local shop doesn't sell mascarpone, so I switched that with light cream cheese. But it was delicious - very light, moist, fruity and with lovely white chocolate chunks. I'll definitely make it again...hopefully soon!!!

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  • Binder photo Hilary Hobart

    07 September 2009

    Hilary Hobart commented on this recipe

    I have recently followed this recipe again but I made muffins which only took about 25 minutes to cook. Fantastic.

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  • Binder photo Hannah89

    26 April 2010

    Hannah89 commented on this recipe

    so easy, my mums favourite cake which I now have to make her once a week!

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  • Binder photo Laura B

    31 July 2010

    Laura B rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used raspberries instead of cherries and made muffins - baked for 25 mins as suggested by Hilary (above) - fantastic!

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  • Binder photo Heidi

    19 August 2010

    Heidi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Oh my goodness! If you know someone with a sweet tooth, make this cake and they will love you forever. It's amazing. I made it for my husband's birthday and the family couldn't get enough of it. Will definitely make it again.

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  • Binder photo nanajan

    16 October 2010

    nanajan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    yummy make this for tea time

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  • Binder photo xxsarahxx

    23 October 2010

    xxsarahxx rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    All of my cherries and white choc chucks sunk to the bottom when i attempted this recipe. What did i do wrong???

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  • Binder photo xxsarahxx

    23 October 2010

    xxsarahxx commented on this recipe

    All of my cherries and white choc chucks sunk to the bottom when i attempted this recipe. What did i do wrong???

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  • Binder photo Mills

    21 December 2010

    Mills rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    This was a good and easy one!!!!1

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  • Binder photo samthornton

    25 January 2011

    samthornton rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    What did I do wrong?? I used all my lovely fresh cherries and the bar of white choc I didn't use at Christmas, and it was a disaster :( May have used the wrong sized tin as my loaf tins are never marked with the size (frustrating) but all the mix erupted over the sides and made a horrible mess in the oven. I persevered and tested it after 1hr 10 and a skewer came out clean, but after it had cooled it was a damp, soggy, sunken, mess. Gutted! May try again with the cheaper glace cherries and a huge tin! (2 stars as the crusty bit was cooked and was yummy)

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  • Binder photo Frantic Flapjack

    31 January 2011

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    All the cherries sank to the bottom of the cake. I used glace cherries and washed them but don't think I dried thoroughly enough and the weight of the water pushed the cherries to the bottom. Also, the cake was dripping with fat when I took it off the baking tray. I think this was down to using Tesco own brand chocolate which must be higher in fat than the better quality chocolate. If I made again, I would leave out the white chocolate in the mixture and just use a good quality chocolate for the top.

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  • Binder photo LucyandSi

    02 April 2011

    LucyandSi commented on this recipe

    something happened to the frosting think I may have over beaten as its now a gloopy mess! But a delicious one!!

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  • Binder photo Sascha

    06 April 2011

    Sascha commented on this recipe

    Whoever dares to use glacé cherries in this recipe deserve disaster!

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 10 mins

Freezable

without frosting

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE

  • 225g butter , softened
  • 225g golden caster sugar
  • 4 eggs , beaten
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 225g self-raising flour , sifted, plus extra for dusting
  • 375g fresh cherries , pitted
  • 175g white chocolate , chopped into small chunks

FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING

  • 100g white chocolate , broken into small pieces
  • 140g half-fat mascarpone
  • white chocolate curls or fresh cherries, to decorate
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Per serving

485 kcalories, protein 7.0g, carbohydrate 53.0g, fat 29.0 g, saturated fat 17.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 39.0g, salt 0.63 g

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