Total Steps
6
Ingredients
9
Tools Needed
7
Ingredients
- cup milk
- teaspoon salt
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup plain flour
- 2 eggs
- cup red glace cherries
- 185 grams butter
- cup caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Instructions
1
Step 1
Grease and lightly flour a deep 18 cm cake tin.
2
Step 2
Halve cherries, wash to remove all syrup, and dry completely.
3
Step 3
Cream butter until soft, then gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla essence. Lightly beat eggs and gradually add to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Sift flours and salt together.
4
Step 4
Take out 2 tablespoons of the flour and sprinkle over the cherries. Toss until cherries are well coated. Fold remaining sifted flour into the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Lastly, fold in the coated cherries and pour the mixture into the prepared tin.
5
Step 5
1 1/2 hours
Bake in a moderate oven (340F) for about 1 1/2 hours. Cool on a wire rack.
6
Step 6
Serve with afternoon tea.
Tools & Equipment
18 cm deep cake tin
Mixing bowl
Sifter
Electric mixer
Spatula
Oven
Wire rack