Traditional Cherry Cake Recipe

Cherry cake always goes down well with friends and family. The centre should be soft while the sugar on the top adds a hint of crispness. Great with a cup of tea or coffee, but beware of the monkeys in your cake...

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) glacé cherries cut into quarters
225 g (8 oz) butter
225 g (8 oz) caster sugar
225 g (8 oz) plain flour
110 g (4 oz) ground almonds
4 eggs
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp baking powder
grated rind of a lemon


Instructions

Cream together the butter and caster sugar.
Beat in the eggs one at a time to achieve a smooth mixture.
Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold them into the mixture using a metal spoon.
Add in the cherries, the ground almonds and the lemon rind. Fold them into the mixture. Mix in the milk.
Grease an 8″ (20 cm) cake tin and line with greaseproof paper. Grease the paper, then pour in the cake mixture and level it out in the tin.
Sprinkle on the brown sugar then bake in an oven at 180°C for 45 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cover the tin with foil. Cook in the oven for a further 30 minutes.
Allow the cake to cool for 15 minutes in the tin then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Titli's Tips
WARNING: If your cherry pieces are too large they will stay at the bottom of the cake! This is a known “feature” of this cake…

[ianmintz]

Good old fashioned ingredients for a good old fashioned cake. Who knew😊

[gtjuliemango]

I'm Guyanese, my grandmother used to make this every Christmas and I never learned how to make it.  This looks very similar to how I used to watch her make it as a child.  Thank you for posting.  I'm definitely going to try this.

[trishaherbert]

Made the cake everyone loved it have to make every week on demand thank Tilly xxx

[wildheart]

What a beautiful cake and the flavors must be heavenly!

[Deepu]

Thank you titli... M bit weak in baking but m trying hard in it. Any ways being from India I loved ur recipe of rasmalai and gulab jamun. I made them and both were awesome.

[smilysomsom]

I made this and everyone who tried it loved it. Thank you for another great recipe.

[TitlisBusyKitchen]

@up4itgal Sometimes I round up a bit, and sometimes I round down a bit. The idea should be to either follow the grams or the ounces, but not both at the same time! Good comment, thanks.

[jaanmoti]

Stumbled across your channel whilst looking for an bolognese recipe and boy am i glad. I love simple recipes and will give this one ago :D.

Keep the recipes and your sense of humour coming, absolutely love you.

[drakedrones]

I love your beautiful voice and accent!!!!

[TitlisBusyKitchen]

@MissPonderosa Yes it will taste good. The lemon gives it a nice freshness :-) Have you thought about using raisins instead of cherries?

[TitlisBusyKitchen]

@suppusoora It does help the paper stick to the pan at the beginning, but also ensures that the paper comes away from the pan at the end.

[TitlisBusyKitchen]

@ZhaneTheGreat Fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing!

[starchnlfan]

ur recipes are the best and so easy thanks titli u rule

[Saphitri]

I love the how you formed the ingredients into a nice circle :) The cake looks really lovely. I'd like a bite of that... so I might make it myself some time.

[MissSparkyShark]

or you could try tossing the cherries in a few tablespoons of flour before you add it into the batter- works every time for me! ;)

[Jaykllw]

i tried this recipe today and it came out perfect. thank you

[madcombeel]

Lovely and Simple! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[ismihanna]

my mother in law gave me few days ago such cherries and didn't know what to do with them until you broke the spell so i made this cake and added few sultanas too and sprinkled icing sugar on top

[xmykeyx]

this sounds like it'd be lovely with some tea, dear titli. i think perhaps instead of the cherries i may use golden raisins.

[NobodyImportant]

another thing that i am sure would help me sooth myself in this abd bad bad exam season