- 12
- 20 mins
- 70 mins
Ingredients
- 150 g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 150 g caster sugar
- 150 g self raising flour + a little extra for dusting the cherries
- 150 g ground almonds
- 25 g flaked almonds
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 150 g glacé cherries
- 150 g marzipan
- A little icing sugar - to help roll out the marzipan
Preparation
Step 1
Tomorrow there is a coffee morning at my son’s school, as at many other places around the country, to raise money for Macmillan. I’ll be going along to support the school and this brilliant charity and I’ll be doing my bit by drinking lots of tea and coffee and sampling lots of cake!! This year I’m taking this marzipan and cherry cake as my contribution to the baking.
I’m really hoping my cake this year is more successful than last year’s effort – coffee cake with white chocolate icing. The cake tasted delicious, the problem was that I didn’t put the tin lid on properly. That combined with the fact that I tripped as I was walking out of the front door meant that the cake ended up all over my hall floor rather than in the school hall where it should have been (actually there were three pieces that managed to stay in the tin, but I wasn’t sure I could turn up with three pieces of slightly battered looking cake so I ate them at home!).
This marzipan and cherry cake is my family’s favourite, whenever there’s some sort of family party my husband will ask to me to make it. It’s an almond sponge with glacé cherries running through it, and a layer of marzipan through the centre. I’ve tried a few different recipes for this cake and after a bit of trial and error I’ve ended up with this version.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan
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)
In a seperate bowl, sprinkle a little flour over the cherries and mix to lightly coat the cherries -
Fold the cherries into the cake mixture
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.
Your cake sounds really delicious with a combination of a couple of my favourite flavours. Hope it made it okay to the coffee morning. I organised one at my workplace and was really pleased to raise over £300 #recipeoftheweek
My other half would love this cake! I must make it! Hope you raised a lot at the Macmillan coffee morning – great cause. #recipeoftheweek
I love marzipan, the addition in the cake is genius. It looks really tasty
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