Iced cherry and almond cake

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Iced cherry and almond cake a try. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 437 calories. This recipe serves 12 and costs $1.62 per serving. This recipe from Sainsbury's Magazine requires icing, unsalted butter, cherries, and sugar. 7 people have made this recipe and would make it again. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 15%, which is rather bad. Try Cherry Crumb Cake {Cherry & Almond – Improv}, Cherry & almond cake, and Almond Cherry Cake for similar recipes.

Servings: 12

 

Ingredients:

3 tbsp apricot glaze

1½ tsp baking powder

10-15 fresh cherries

1 medium egg white, lightly beaten

3 medium eggs, lightly beaten

225g glacé cherries

50g ground almonds

1 tsp ground cinnamon

225g ready-to-use white fondant icing

finely grated zest of 1 lemon

100g marzipan

edible silver balls

2 tbsp milk

a good grating of nutmeg

200g self-raising flour, plus 1 tbsp extra

150g caster sugar

150g soft unsalted butter

Equipment:

oven

hand mixer

baking paper

sieve

bowl

wire rack

cake form

Cooking instruction summary:

1Preheat the oven to 160C, fan 140C, gas 3. Grease and line an 8cm-deep 23 x 9cm loaf tin with a strip of buttered nonstick baking paper. Roughly chop the glac cherries, rinse in a sieve under warm water and dry thoroughly on kitchen paper. Dust in the tablespoon of flour and set aside. Dice the marzipan to roughly the same size as the cherry pieces and add to the cherries.2In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the butter and caster sugar for a couple of minutes until pale, light and fluffy. Gradually add the beaten eggs in thirds, adding a little of the flour after each third. Mix in the grated lemon zest.3Sift the rest of the flour, baking powder, spices and a pinch of salt into the bowl. Add the ground almonds, chopped cherries, marzipan and milk and mix gently but thoroughly until combined.4Spoon the cake mixture into the tin and level the top. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, until risen and golden. Leave to cool in the tin for 10-15 minutes, then carefully transfer on to a wire rack. Leave until completely cold before icing.5Lightly dust the work surface with icing sugar and roll out the marzipan into a neat rectangle the same size as the top of the cake use the cake tin as a guide. Warm the apricot glaze, then brush over the top of the cake and lay the marzipan on top. Lightly brush the marzipan with the warm glaze.6Roll the fondant icing out to the same size and cover the marzipan. Trim the edges of the icing and, using your fingers, crimp all around the edges to make a border. Then push edible silver balls around the edge and leave to dry for at least 30 minutes.7Lightly brush the cherries (not the stalks) with the beaten egg white, coat in caster sugar and set asideon baking paper. Once completely dry, arrange on top of the cake.Photographed by Laura Edwards

 

Step by step:


1. 1Preheat the oven to 160C, fan 140C, gas

2. Grease and line an 8cm-deep 23 x 9cm loaf tin with a strip of buttered nonstick baking paper. Roughly chop the glac cherries, rinse in a sieve under warm water and dry thoroughly on kitchen paper. Dust in the tablespoon of flour and set aside. Dice the marzipan to roughly the same size as the cherry pieces and add to the cherries.2In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the butter and caster sugar for a couple of minutes until pale, light and fluffy. Gradually add the beaten eggs in thirds, adding a little of the flour after each third.

3. Mix in the grated lemon zest.3Sift the rest of the flour, baking powder, spices and a pinch of salt into the bowl.

4. Add the ground almonds, chopped cherries, marzipan and milk and mix gently but thoroughly until combined.4Spoon the cake mixture into the tin and level the top.

5. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, until risen and golden. Leave to cool in the tin for 10-15 minutes, then carefully transfer on to a wire rack. Leave until completely cold before icing.5Lightly dust the work surface with icing sugar and roll out the marzipan into a neat rectangle the same size as the top of the cake use the cake tin as a guide. Warm the apricot glaze, then brush over the top of the cake and lay the marzipan on top. Lightly brush the marzipan with the warm glaze.6

6. Roll the fondant icing out to the same size and cover the marzipan. Trim the edges of the icing and, using your fingers, crimp all around the edges to make a border. Then push edible silver balls around the edge and leave to dry for at least 30 minutes.7Lightly brush the cherries (not the stalks) with the beaten egg white, coat in caster sugar and set asideon baking paper. Once completely dry, arrange on top of the cake.Photographed by Laura Edwards


Nutrition Information:

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434k Calories
5g Protein
19g Total Fat
59g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
434k
22%

Fat
19g
30%

  Saturated Fat
8g
52%

Carbohydrates
59g
20%

  Sugar
38g
43%

Cholesterol
68mg
23%

Sodium
60mg
3%

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Protein
5g
12%

Manganese
0.37mg
18%

Selenium
10µg
16%

Vitamin E
1mg
12%

Phosphorus
116mg
12%

Vitamin B2
0.17mg
10%

Vitamin A
455IU
9%

Fiber
2g
8%

Calcium
63mg
6%

Magnesium
23mg
6%

Copper
0.11mg
5%

Folate
19µg
5%

Iron
0.87mg
5%

Potassium
167mg
5%

Vitamin K
3µg
4%

Zinc
0.51mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.33mg
3%

Vitamin D
0.44µg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.58mg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.04mg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.13µg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin C
1mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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