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Marzipan and Cherry Cake
Marzipan and Cherry Cake
- Recipe Submitted by maryjosh on 01/12/2017
Ingredients List
- 150g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 150g caster sugar
- 150g self raising flour + a little extra for dusting the cherries
- 150g ground almonds
- 25g flaked almonds
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 150g glacé cherries
- 150g marzipan
- A little icing sugar - to help roll out the marzipan
Directions
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan
Butter and line a deep 18cm cake tin - alternatively I use Delia Bake-O-Glide reusable cake tine liners which don't need to be buttered
Beat the butter (150g) and caster sugar (150g) until light and fluffy
Add the eggs one at a time, and beat well after after adding the first egg before adding the second.
Add the almond extract (1 tsp)
Fold in the self-raising flour (150g) and ground almonds (150g)
Prepare the cherries by cutting half (75g) in half, keeping the other half (75g) whole
In a seperate bowl, sprinkle a little flour over the cherries and mix to lightly coat the cherries - coating the cherries in flour will help to stop them sinking to the bottom of the cake when it bakes
Fold the cherries into the cake mixture
Roll out the marzipan (150g) into a circle roughly the same size as the tin - sprinkle a little icing sugar on the worktop and rolling pin to prevent the marzipan from sticking
Spoon half the mixture into the prepared tin and even out the top
Lay the marzipan on top of the mixture in the cake tin then add the other half of the mixture and even out the top.
Scatter over the flaked almond (25g)
Bake for approximately 50 minutes - You can use a skewer to check if it's done, however a little of the marzipan may stick to the skewer meaning it doesn't come out clean even when the cake is cooked.
Once baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for about 20 minutes, remove from the tin and transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely (although the cake tastes delicious eaten warm.
Butter and line a deep 18cm cake tin - alternatively I use Delia Bake-O-Glide reusable cake tine liners which don't need to be buttered
Beat the butter (150g) and caster sugar (150g) until light and fluffy
Add the eggs one at a time, and beat well after after adding the first egg before adding the second.
Add the almond extract (1 tsp)
Fold in the self-raising flour (150g) and ground almonds (150g)
Prepare the cherries by cutting half (75g) in half, keeping the other half (75g) whole
In a seperate bowl, sprinkle a little flour over the cherries and mix to lightly coat the cherries - coating the cherries in flour will help to stop them sinking to the bottom of the cake when it bakes
Fold the cherries into the cake mixture
Roll out the marzipan (150g) into a circle roughly the same size as the tin - sprinkle a little icing sugar on the worktop and rolling pin to prevent the marzipan from sticking
Spoon half the mixture into the prepared tin and even out the top
Lay the marzipan on top of the mixture in the cake tin then add the other half of the mixture and even out the top.
Scatter over the flaked almond (25g)
Bake for approximately 50 minutes - You can use a skewer to check if it's done, however a little of the marzipan may stick to the skewer meaning it doesn't come out clean even when the cake is cooked.
Once baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for about 20 minutes, remove from the tin and transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely (although the cake tastes delicious eaten warm.
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