Made with Creative Gourmet cherries, this delicious dense-textured cake is perfect served warm for dessert.
Ingredients
125g butter, chopped
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
3 eggs, separated (at room temperature)
1 cup self-raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup almond meal
300g Creative Gourmet frozen Pitted Cherries
Icing sugar, for dusting
Thick cream or ice-cream, to serve
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C (fan forced). Grease and line a 22cm (base measurement) spring-form pan with non-stick baking paper
Using electric beaters, cream butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until light and creamy. Beat in lemon rind. Gradually add egg yolks, beating well after each addition
In a clean bowl, whisk egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into butter mixture alternately with the flour and almond meal. Using a metal spoon, gently stir through frozen cherries
Spoon mixture into prepared pan and lightly smooth top. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Cool in pan
Transfer to a serving plate, dust with icing sugar. Slice and serve with thick cream or ice-cream
