Cherry Cake Bars
By: Flour On My Face
Published: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 7:14pm

Ingredients




Crust Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup butter softened
⅔ cups packed brown sugar
¼ cup almond meal or finely chopped almonds
¼ teaspoon almond extract
Cake Ingredients
¾ cherry marmalade, cherry jam or cherry pie filling
½ cup of butter softened
⅔ cups granulated sugar
2 eggs, beaten well
⅔ cups of flour
¼ cup almond meal or finely chopped almonds
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Topping Ingredients
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1 tablespoon sugar
Glaze Ingredients
½ cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
⅛ th teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

1 Make the Crust/Bottom Layer 2 Cream butter and sugar. 3 Add flour, chopped almonds and extract. 4 Mix well. Batter will be thick and crumbly 5 Prepare an 8×8 inch baking pan by covering the bottom and sides with 2 pieces of parchment paper cut to fit the width, leaving a slight over hanging over the edges. 6 Spread crust dough into the bottom of the pan then pat down and into the edges with your fingertips. 7 Bake crust as 350 F. for 10 minutes. 8 Remove from oven and immediately spread ¾ cup of cherry marmalade, cherry jam or cherry pie filling over the hot crust. 9 Set aside while preparing the next layer. 10 Increase oven temperature to 375 degrees. 11 Make the Cake Layer 12 Cream butter and sugar together and beat on medium for 2 minutes. 13 Add eggs and extract then beat an additional 2 minutes. 14 Mix in the flour and almond meal, beating on low until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. 15 Drop cake batter by the tablespoon over the top of the peach jam. 16 Using the back of a spoon carefully spread the batter out to the edges of the pan. 17 Bake at 375 F. for 25-30 minutes or until top is a golden brown. 18 Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before cutting. 19 Once cool cut into 9 or 16 squares. 20 Make the topping 21 Mix the sugar with almonds and sprinkle over the top. 22 Make the Glaze 23 Mix all the ingredients with a whisk until smooth. 24 Drizzle over top of cooled bars. Allow glaze to set before serving. 25 Makes 9-16 servings

About

These Cherry Cake Bars are filled with homemade cherry marmalade but cherry pie filling or cherry jam would work also. The recipe is a vintage old fashioned jam bar recipe.