Ingredients
- 180g butter. softened
- 1 tsp almond essence
- ยพ cup caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups self raising flour
- 2 tbsp ground almonds
- 1/3 milk
- ยฝ cup sour cream
- 210g glace cherries. halved
Accompaniment
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Description
It's a bit of an odd one using sour cream and milk but this cake is absolutely yummy and has a lovely almond flavour.
Method
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1. Pre-heat o ven to 180oC
2. Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin
3. Beat butter, essence and sugar with electric whisk in a small bowl till light and fluffy. Then add in eggs one at a time giving it a good whisk between additions.
4. Stir in sifted flour and almonds in two batches with milk and sour cream, then stir in the cherries
5. Spread the mixture into the prepared pan then bake for about 1h 15m.
6. Allow to cool for 10 minutes until turning onto a wire rack. Sift with icing sugar before serving.
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