Cherry Bakewell Loaf Cake Recipe
This Cherry Bakewell Loaf has all the flavour of a classic Cherry Bakewell but in a delicious, moist loaf cake that's perfect for any occasion.
Servings 8 slices
Ingredients
- 200 g glace cherries halved
- 250 g self raising flour
- 50 g ground almonds
- 250 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp almond extract or almond flavouring
- 2 eggs
- 125 g Plain Greek yogurt at room temperature
- 125 g melted unsalted butter or margarine
- Flaked almonds
To decorate
- Icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
- Grease a loaf pan or use a loaf tin liner
- Rinse and dry the cherries
- Put all the ingredients aside from the glace cherries into a large bowl and mix well
- Stir in the cherries
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and sprinkle the top with flaked almonds.
- Bake for an hour until well risen and golden brown on top.
- Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
- When cooled, mix the icing sugar with a little water and drizzle on top of the cake. Leave to set and enjoy.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.