Friday 30 September 2011

Rich Cherry Cake


The year when I got married and came to live here my Mother in Law gave me this Cooking Book from Good House keeping as a present, well she went to one of her shopping trips to London with her girlfriends ( they used to do that a lot, go for shopping weekends to a European City) and then as it was really difficult to get English cooking books in our town she saw this book and bought for me.
The baking section in this book is my favourite as it is full of traditional Brittish baking recipes which I love.
And this is one of the cakes I made in the begning of my baking.
And i am really surprised that I have not posted this one as I make this cake often .
When ever I make this cake Hans always says she is making Mrs Lipton's cake :-) Don't know if you all are fan of You Rang M' Lord we used to love each and every episode and every time when they show the show again we watch it,  and there was this cook who always made cherry cakes and her name was Mrs Lipton :-)
What i learned from this recipe is the best tip for not sinking the fruits to the bottom.
You wash them in warm water ( in the recipe they say water but i use warm water) and you drain them. I usually do this in the morning if I am planing to bake in the late afternoon. So that the fruits are fully dry and then I don't have to use kitchen paper towels as i think when the fruits are still wet and you drey them in a towel they stick to the paper.



Now to the recipe.
225 gm glaced Cherries halved ( recipe say 225, but i always use 250 the extra i just layer them on top)
150 gm selfraising flour
50 gm plain flour
3 tbsp of almond powder
3 tbsp of corn flour
175 gm butter softened
175 gm sugar ( I just add 120 gm)
3 eggs beaten
6 suagar cubes

Grease and line an 18 cm (7inch) round cake tin.
Wash the cherries and dry throughly
Sift the flours and corn flours together.
Stir in the ground almonds and cherries.
Cream the butter and sugar untill pale and fluffy.
Add the eggs, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
Fold in the dry ingridients.
Turn the mixture into the prepared tin, making sure the cherries are not grouped together, and hollow the center slightly.
Roughly crush the sugar cubes with a rolling pin and scatter these over the cakes.
Bake in the preheated ovenat 180°C (350 ° F) mark for 1 - 1 1/2  hours, untill well risen and golden brown. Mostly mine take lesser than the time mentioned ( i have given the recipe from the book) if the top gets too brown i cover with foil so that it won't get tpp dark)
 
Turn out and cool on a wire rack.


19 comments:

Bombay-Bruxelles said...

Sounds like a nice pound cake texture :-)

Priya Suresh said...

Omg, rich looking super spongy cake, i dont bother to grab some slices and having rite now..

Nisha Thomas said...

finla..u shud make the pics as big as the 1st one...i love all ur pics and this way it sooo brings out the beauty better :)
I dont like glaced cherries, otherwise wud have given this a go in a jiffy

Marian said...

Mrs Lipton cake! :-)... I love to watch that serial as well and reading your post brought a big smile to my face!
The cake looks great (I am sure Mrs LIpton would agree :-))!

Greetings
Marian

Laavanya said...

That looks just perfect.. the first picture is aweseom!

Gloria Baker said...

This cake sounds and look delicious Happy Cook! love it! gloria

Unknown said...

wow, that look so great and what a beautifully done cake.

Sreelu said...

looks lovely Finla, all is you need a good company and piping hot cup of tea :)

Harika baratam said...

Yummy cake lovely.

Namitha said...

That looks superb.I know sometimes the most frequently cooked things will take a long time to make an appearance in our blog :-)

Spandana said...

Looks very lovely Finla.. I posted a cherry cake long back, but yours looks very good than mine :-)
I have to try again!!

Manju said...

that is such a beautifully done cake!

Cham said...

The cake brings the holiday mood! Lovely pictures!

Divya Kudua said...

I loooove cherry cakes,in fact have made a few attempts myself.I have seen a similar recipe in a baking book and have bookmarked it ever since.Love the fine crumb texture of the cake.Definitely on my bake-list!

Anonymous said...

The instructions say to Stir in ground almonds, but I didn't see almonds in the ingredients?

Finla said...

Anon thankyou, I missed the almonds when i write the recipe and didn't notice that i didn't write the amonut of almonds. I have corrected the recipe and thankyou otherwise I would hav enot noticed at all :-)

Poornima Nair said...

Thats a great cake...looks delicious!!

Cakelaw said...

This is a gorgeous cake.

notyet100 said...

Perfect looking cake,,.:)