Italian Old Fashioned Cherries Cake Or Dolce Di Ciliegie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb cherries (250 g frozen or fresh)
• 1 teaspoon butter or 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 2 ounces almonds (ground)
• 1 tablespoon breadcrumbs (finely grated)
• 4 large eggs, divided
• 4 ounces icing sugar (120 g)
• 2 ounces breadcrumbs (finely grated, 60 g)
• 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch (if using frozen cherries)
• 2 tablespoons nuts liqueur (alternative amaretto or maraschino)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (grated peel only) or 1/2 lemon (grated peel only)
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar (to serve)

Recipe

• 1 wash cherries and eliminate stones.
• 2 grease your mold (more or less 10 to 10 inches).
• 3 distribute the almonds and one tablespoon bread crumbs to coat the bottom of the mold.
• 4 blend egg yolk with the icing sugar until creamy and soft.
• 5 incorporate bread crumbs, cornstarch (if using frozen cherries and you have a lot of juice), liqueur, vanilla or lemon zest and the liquid of the cherries (if using frozen ones).
• 6 beat egg whites separately to soft peaks; incorporate gently into the egg yolk mix.
• 7 distribute this soft mix equally on the coated mold.
• 8 drop the cherries on it.
• 9 bake in the preheated oven at 400 degrees fahrenheit (200°c) for about 30 minutes or until brown and cooked through (heat and timing are basing it on convection oven).
• 10 top with powdered sugar.
• 11 serve hot or cold.
• 12 suggestion for top presentation: place one piece on the dish, add 1 tablespoon cherry liqueur (or maraschino or sherry) on it and heat in the microwave until hot (about 15-20 seconds). serve with vanilla ice cream.