Cherry Cake
User Reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
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Servings
16 servings
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Calories
523 kcal
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
Australian
Cherry Cake
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An old-fashioned Cherry Cake made with fresh cherries, decorated with blanched almonds and served with pouring custard
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Ingredients
Cherry Cake
- 1 cup butter (250 grams)
- 1 ½ cups caster sugar (330 grams)
- 2 egg yolks
- 3 cups plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup cherries, pitted and halved
- ⅓ cup milk
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- 4 egg whites
- ¼ cup blanched almonds (for decorating)
- extra cherries and icing sugar (for decorating)
Pouring custard
- 2 egg yolks (remaining from cake recipe)
- 300 mls thickened cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon custard powder
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Instructions
Cherry Cake
- Pre-heat oven to slow (150 degrees celsius, fan-forced).
- Grease and line a round cake tin (approx 9 ½ inches diameter).
- Beat butter, sugar and egg yolks on med-high in a stand mixer until mixture reaches a pale colour.
- Sift flour and baking powder together 3 times.
- Add the flour, milk and sour cream and the cherries, alternately to the butter/sugar/egg yolk mixture, stirring to combine.
- Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into cake mixture.
- Pour mixture into prepared cake tin and decorate the top with blanched almonds. Cook in a slow oven for 50-60 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- Dust with a little icing sugar and add a few extra cherries to the top of the cake before serving with pouring custard.
Pouring custard
- Whisk together egg yolks, sugar and custard powder in a large bowl.
- Combine milk, cream and vanilla extract in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
- Spoon some of the hot milk/cream mixture over the yolk/sugar/custard power mixture, whisking to combine. Slowly add all of the hot milk/cream mixture, whisking to combine.
- Pour all the mixture back into the sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Simmer for a couple of minutes or until mixture starts to thicken.
- Serve the cake with warm or cold pouring custard.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
523kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
57g
(19%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
30g
(46%)
Saturated Fat
17g
(85%)
Cholesterol
149mg
(50%)
Sodium
187mg
(8%)
Potassium
275mg
(8%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
30g
(60%)
Vitamin A
1018IU
(20%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
125mg
(13%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 523 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 523kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 57g | 19% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 30g | 46% |
| Saturated Fat | 17g | 85% |
| Cholesterol | 149mg | 50% |
| Sodium | 187mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 275mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 30g | 60% |
| Vitamin A | 1018IU | 20% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 125mg | 13% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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