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Marion's Cherry Cake
Serves 8
Easy
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This a delicious cherry-filled, Madeira-like cake. The cherries add moisture to the cake and a few teaspoons of almond extract would be a welcome addition. You can also replace 25g of flour with 25g of ground almonds instead, which will add flavour and a bit more texture.
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- 4 oz / 110g caster sugar
- 4 oz / 110g butter
- 2 eggs
- 8 oz / 225g self-raising flour
- 3 oz / 100g glacé cherries, roughly chopped
Method
step 1
Beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy.step 2
Beat in the eggs, ( one at a time). If the mixture starts to curdle (separate) sift in a tablespoon of flour.step 3
Sift in the flour and fold in the cherries.step 4
Pour the mixture into a lined and greased rectangular loaf tin and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes in a preheated oven at 160C/180C fan, until golden brown and cooked through. You can tell if the cake is cooked through properly by inserting a skewer into the cake, if it comes out clean it is cooked.
