Gluten Free Cherry and Almond Cake

A fluffy Cherry and Almond Cake with fresh cherries and dollops of jam. So tasty and gluten free too!

Ingredients

·       225 g unsalted butter room temperature

·       200 g golden caster or granulated sugar

·       1 tsp vanilla extract

·       1 tsp almond extract

·       4 medium eggs

·       200 g ground almonds/course almond meal

·       50 g plain/all-purpose gluten free flour (I like Udi's). You can use regular flour if you're not worried about gluten.

·       1 tsp gluten free baking powder

·       2 heaped tbsp cherry jam

·       200 g (1 cup) fresh cherries, stoned and sliced in half

·       3 tbsp flaked almonds

Glaze:

·       2 tbsp amaretto*

·       2 tbsp confectioners's sugar

Instructions

1.    Preheat the oven to 170c

2.    Cut the butter into chunks and place in a large bowl with the sugar. Whisk with an electric whisk (or in a stand mixer) until fluffy (about 3-4 minutes).

3.    Add in the vanilla extract and almond extract, then whisk again whilst adding in the eggs, one at a time.

4.    ………………………………………………

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