The soft cake with fresh cherries is one of those simple, homely desserts that evoke a sense of home, family, and hearth.
A soft and fragrant cake, easy to prepare and a real pleasure to eat.
With every bite, you distinctly taste the fresh cherries that make the dough moist and fragrant, making this cake delicious and delicate, suitable for the whole family.
No special ingredient, just the goodness of the fruit that, immersed in a simple yet good cake batter, creates a perfect blend of flavors.
Excellent for breakfast, simple or dipped in coffee or any other beverage, but also as a snack or a dessert after a meal, it keeps well for several days, ready to best respond to any sudden cravings.
Try it, and you’ll see what a wonderful discovery it will be!
I’m sure you’ll take note and decide to make it one of the must-have desserts during the cherry season.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 25 Minutes
- Portions: 10
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
- Energy 298.29 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 46.54 (g) of which sugars 23.21 (g)
- Proteins 4.64 (g)
- Fat 11.54 (g) of which saturated 7.12 (g)of which unsaturated 4.27 (g)
- Fibers 1.13 (g)
- Sodium 64.43 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 105 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 500 g cherries (ripe but firm)
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cups cornstarch
- 2/3 cups sugar
- 4 1/4 oz butter
- 3 eggs (large)
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 packet vanillin (or grated organic lemon zest)
- to taste salt (fine)
- to taste powdered sugar
Tools
- Electric whisk
- Spatula silicone
- Baking pan cake pan, 9-inch diameter
- Liquid measuring devices Cherry pitter
Steps
To prepare the soft cherry cake, start by melting the butter (cut into pieces) over a very low flame and then letting it cool down.
Alternatively, you can use 1/2 cup of sunflower seed oil instead of butter.
Butter and flour the cake pan (9-inch diameter) and cover the bottom with a disk of parchment paper cut to size.
Clean the cherries by removing the stem and pit.
You can use a cherry pitter for this operation, or, as I did, a simple kitchen knife.
In that case, simply cut the fruit in half and then remove the pit.
In a bowl, use the electric whisk to beat the eggs with the sugar and vanillin until you get a frothy mixture.
Add the butter slowly while continuing to whisk.
Sift the flour, cornstarch, and baking powder directly into the bowl. Mix with the electric whisk, adding the salt just before you finish mixing.
Place the mixture in the pan and only at this point, pour the cherries over it, distributing them evenly and gently pressing them with the back of a spoon.
This will help most of the cherries get into the batter.
However, stop at the top layer of the batter, don’t push the fruit too far down, as it will tend to sink during cooking anyway.
Bake in a preheated static oven at 350°F for about 1 hour, on the middle rack. Always do the toothpick test before removing from the oven.
Let it cool before removing from the mold.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
The soft cake with fresh cherries is now ready.
In the fridge for 3 or 4 days, well-sealed inside an airtight cake container.
In the fridge for 3 or 4 days, well-sealed inside an airtight cake container.
In the fridge for 3 or 4 days, well-sealed inside an airtight cake container.
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