CHERRY LOAF CAKE

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Make this moreish cherry cake for afternoon tea or a coffee morning. Made with sweet glacé cherries and crunchy almonds, it won't last long

Provided by Anna Glover

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

200g soft unsalted butter, plus extra for the tin
200g golden caster sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract (optional)
75g glacé cherries, patted dry if in syrup, then quartered
175g self-raising flour
50g ground almonds
½ tsp baking powder
100g icing sugar
a drop of almond extract
1-2 tbsp milk
2 tbsp toasted flaked almonds

Steps:

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a 900g loaf tin and line with baking parchment. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy, then beat in the eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla and almond extract (if using).
Toss the cherries with 2 tbsp of the flour in a bowl. Tip the rest of the flour, the ground almonds, baking powder and a pinch of salt into the bowl with the sugar and eggs, and mix until just combined. Fold in the cherries and any remaining flour in the bowl. Spoon into the prepared tin and smooth over the top.
Bake for 50-55 mins, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve as it is, or mix the icing sugar with the extract and enough milk to make a thick but pourable consistency. Drizzle over the loaf cake, and scatter over the flaked almonds to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 377 calories, Fat 21 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 40 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 21 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium