Cherry cakes - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
6 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the cake
- 200 g Butter (unsalted)
- 150 g Marzipan
- 150 g Glace cherries
- 200 g Self-raising white flour
- 200 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) medium, free range, beaten
- 100 g Almonds (ground)
For the decoration
- 100 g Icing sugar
- 10 ml Water
- 6 g Glace cherries
- Almonds (flaked) lightly toasted.
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Preheat the oven to 180°c (fan 160°c, gas mark 4). Lightly butter and line six individual tins measuring about 7.5cm in diameter and 5.5cm in height. (You could also use washed empty small baked bean cans – just line with greaseproof paper)
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Roll the marzipan out on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar to a thickness of a pound coin. Cut the marzipan into six rounds using the tin as a guide.
For this step you'll need:
- 150g Marzipan
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3
Place the cherries in a bowl and add a tablespoon of flour. Mix until the cherries are coated. This should hopefully stop the cherries from sinking to the bottom.
For this step you'll need:
- 6g Glace cherries
- 1 tbsp Self-raising white flour
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4
Place the butter, sugar, eggs, ground almonds and remaining flour in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer or a wooden spoon until just smooth. Fold in the cherries.
For this step you'll need:
- 200g Butter (unsalted)
- 200g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) medium, free range, beaten
- 100g Almonds (ground)
- 200g Self-raising white flour
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5
Half fill the tins with the cake mixture and top with the round of marzipan, then finish with the remaining mixture. Level the surface. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Turn out to cool on a wire rack.
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While the cakes are cooling, make the icing: Place the icing sugar into a large bowl. Add the water and mix until you get a smooth consistency.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Icing sugar
- 10ml Water
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When the cakes are cooled, drizzle with the icing and top with the cherries and flaked almonds.
For this step you'll need:
- 6g Glace cherries
- Almonds (flaked) lightly toasted.