Cherry and Almond Loaf

A community recipe by BetterLate

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Introduction

This is simple, but just a little bit more special than an "everyday-style" cherry cake: because of the almonds, it usually turns out nice and moist and keeps quite well.

Ingredients

Serves: 6-8

5 ounces butter
6 ounces superfine sugar
6 ounces self-rising flour
2 ounces almond meal
4 ounces candied cherries
2 eggs
milk (a little)

Method

Cherry and Almond Loaf is a community recipe submitted by BetterLate and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy, then beat in eggs, one at a time.

Fold in flour, almonds and cherries (halved or quartered, as you prefer). Stir in a little milk if mixture seems dry.

Bake in a loaf tin for 75 - 90 minutes at Gas 2 / 150ºC

Additional Information

Rinse and flour the cherries if you like, though I have never found any foolproof method of getting them evenly distributed. If in spite of your efforts they sink, as cherries sometimes do, it still tastes good !

Makes one small loaf cake