Valentines Cherry Cake

A small, sweet, and beautiful cake with candied cherries, perfect as a Valentines gift, will bring a smile to the recipients face even before they taste it.

Details

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 90 minutes
Difficulty: 2
Spiciness: 0
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

225 g Butter, unsalted
225 g Sugar, white
4 pieces Egg, fresh
225 g Flour, Wheat, bread flour
0.5 teaspoons Baking powder
250 g cherries, fresh
110 g Nuts, almonds
3 drops Vanilla, extract, natural
1 spoon Milk, whole milk

Steps

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a round baking dish with a diameter of 20 cm.
Place butter and sugar in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl and then gradually mix them into the butter mixture. In a third bowl, sift the flour and mix it with baking powder. Slowly (spoon by spoon) add the flour mixture to the egg-butter mixture.
Cut the cherries in half. Gently fold them into the batter along with the ground almonds using a hand whisk. Finally, mix in the milk and almond extract. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Tap the dish firmly and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.
Bake the sponge cake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, then cover it with foil and bake for an additional 30 minutes until it starts to pull away from the sides of the dish.
Let the baked sponge cake cool in the dish for 15 minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack and let it cool completely.
Place the sponge cake on a work surface and cut it horizontally. Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter of any size, cut out cakes from both halves of the sponge. Arrange them on a serving plate and serve.

Nutrition Information (Per 100g)

Calories: 340.33 kcal
Fat: 19.84 g
- Saturated Fat: 9.47 g
Carbohydrates: 33.93 g
- Sugars: 19.31 g
Protein: 6.21 g
Fiber: 1.67 g

Advice

As a side, you can offer whipped cream. Candied cherries can also be made at home.