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Cherry Cake (Photos)
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:40 am
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:40 am
Everyone likes cake and everyone likes cherries. OK I know that is not true for all, but at our house it certainly is an accurate statement.
Cherry Cake is an old British tradition, using canned sweet cherries in a light syrup as the fruit component of this easily baked dessert.
The basic cake the wife (MHNBPF) uses is an old family recipe that is mixed by hand - no mixer needed. We always have the ingredients for this dense cake in our pantry and usually have some sort of fruit to suspend in the batter. Yesterday it was canned cherries. The results? Pretty good.
You'll need:
2 cups self rising flour
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 can of sweet cherries in syrup
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Almond slithers, cherry syrup and whipped cream for serving.
Drain cherries. The fruit needs to be somewhat dry and the juice will be reduced for a syrup when serving.
Measure flour
Add oil, sugar, eggs, almond extract, and vanilla.
and mix by hand
Oil and dust a 9 X 9 pan with flour or sugar.
Add batter and cherries. The dryer they are, the less they will sink into the batter as the cake cooks. Some will dust them in flour to make them suspend in the batter as it cooks. Since these are still pretty damp, they will sink to the bottom.
Into a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes, until a pick inserted into the cake comes out clean. If you use a dark pan, decrease heat by 25 degrees.
Rest the baked cake on a rack for 10 minutes and run a knife around the edges before attempting to remove the cake from the pan.
Remember the juice from the canned fruit? Add 1/4 of a cup of sugar and reduce it over heat until it thickens into a syrup. This will be served over the cake.
Plated cake with almond slithers, cherry syrup and whipped cream
Fork view
Almost gone
Late night second helping without toppings.
Nice weekend treat
All my stuff
Cherry Cake is an old British tradition, using canned sweet cherries in a light syrup as the fruit component of this easily baked dessert.
The basic cake the wife (MHNBPF) uses is an old family recipe that is mixed by hand - no mixer needed. We always have the ingredients for this dense cake in our pantry and usually have some sort of fruit to suspend in the batter. Yesterday it was canned cherries. The results? Pretty good.
You'll need:
2 cups self rising flour
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 can of sweet cherries in syrup
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Almond slithers, cherry syrup and whipped cream for serving.
Drain cherries. The fruit needs to be somewhat dry and the juice will be reduced for a syrup when serving.
Measure flour
Add oil, sugar, eggs, almond extract, and vanilla.
and mix by hand
Oil and dust a 9 X 9 pan with flour or sugar.
Add batter and cherries. The dryer they are, the less they will sink into the batter as the cake cooks. Some will dust them in flour to make them suspend in the batter as it cooks. Since these are still pretty damp, they will sink to the bottom.
Into a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes, until a pick inserted into the cake comes out clean. If you use a dark pan, decrease heat by 25 degrees.
Rest the baked cake on a rack for 10 minutes and run a knife around the edges before attempting to remove the cake from the pan.
Remember the juice from the canned fruit? Add 1/4 of a cup of sugar and reduce it over heat until it thickens into a syrup. This will be served over the cake.
Plated cake with almond slithers, cherry syrup and whipped cream
Fork view
Almost gone
Late night second helping without toppings.
Nice weekend treat
All my stuff
This post was edited on 7/19/15 at 10:48 am
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:53 am to MeridianDog
Looks great, as usual!
Have you tried peaches with this recipe? Just curious.
Have you tried peaches with this recipe? Just curious.
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:22 am to MeridianDog
damn, that looks good!
you know, you aren't all that far from me and if you keep posting stuff that looks this good, I might be tempted to show up at your doorstep one day...
you know, you aren't all that far from me and if you keep posting stuff that looks this good, I might be tempted to show up at your doorstep one day...
Posted on 7/20/15 at 3:40 am to MeridianDog
I would eat that in haste.
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