{"id":5357,"date":"2026-02-18T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infokothabd.com\/eng\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:47:23","slug":"midnight-feast-worthy-cherry-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infokothabd.com\/eng\/midnight-feast-worthy-cherry-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Feast Worthy Cherry Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">When I was around 6 or 7 years old, I discovered Enid Blyton Books.\u00a0 I was totally enthralled with her stories.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">At first it was the fairy stories but then I graduated into the adventure books and the books about boarding schools.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" 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All of her books were filled with lot of deliciously exotic sounding foods.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">There were huge coconut macaroons,\u00a0 billowing meringues, meat paste sandwiches, sausage rolls, cherry cakes and ginger beer . . .<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivmKdvJBFc9P__GQMj7twOjoLTWCcV7IHnAd1bVM8Qkeumvv5mZAy6KWAGWj65ETog9I4fJE3wYNqCIBh84tE23ZAaXHyKEeuSLsER2LdH1VmlTq6u1FQi6MQ0n4h7KPifp2SlqlqOYJs\/s1600\/IMG_9957.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivmKdvJBFc9P__GQMj7twOjoLTWCcV7IHnAd1bVM8Qkeumvv5mZAy6KWAGWj65ETog9I4fJE3wYNqCIBh84tE23ZAaXHyKEeuSLsER2LdH1VmlTq6u1FQi6MQ0n4h7KPifp2SlqlqOYJs\/w640-h522\/IMG_9957.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"522\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1306\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">Oh how I longed to go to Boarding School and have a tuck box filled with treats from home. I wanted \u00a0to gather together with the other girls and enjoy mutual midnight feasts of a gargantuan proportions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">\u00a0How my heart yearned to take off into the wild blue yonder across the fields with a couple of meat paste sandwiches tied up in a handkerchief along with a slice of cherry cake and a bottle of ginger beer . . .<\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"content_3_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-350\" data-slotid=\"content_3_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-350\" data-slotid=\"content_3_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-350\" data-slotid=\"content_3_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjaJD2OJ4G4dAAmWsFH2NPCrQJDK5c3W-yR628v_2aSQtuqOJKW8hfYDuVht4cI1EbYFSuEqP92a3THpR5ViFdW_pFzPzfBFGrposQY_jg2qlh8xJcZD5xx0KIPMBcJAUPzu6hj6ZhSRFE\/s1600\/IMG_9960.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjaJD2OJ4G4dAAmWsFH2NPCrQJDK5c3W-yR628v_2aSQtuqOJKW8hfYDuVht4cI1EbYFSuEqP92a3THpR5ViFdW_pFzPzfBFGrposQY_jg2qlh8xJcZD5xx0KIPMBcJAUPzu6hj6ZhSRFE\/w640-h541\/IMG_9960.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"541\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1357\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">My friend Tina went to Boarding School in South Africa.\u00a0 She had a tuck box and it was filled with treats from home.\u00a0 Her mother would make her own sweets and cakes and once a week, they were allowed to go into their tuck box and enjoy one of the treats inside.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0Her homemade goodies were much in demand and she often was able to trade with others for their &#8220;exotic-to-her&#8221; store manufactured treats.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjee_sLehFR5YNrDJXpWIQfaoRlr7YCZZmJstsBru6Mi1u9umI_RI0i1LFcow0jOOwgU6G9d6Enqwdl-LA14Eeg2EcubnKY9QLfGJ0siOhSfRz0FHAkcSjzHkSKXqqIWs0j1m3MFqh9gNA\/s1600\/IMG_9962.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjee_sLehFR5YNrDJXpWIQfaoRlr7YCZZmJstsBru6Mi1u9umI_RI0i1LFcow0jOOwgU6G9d6Enqwdl-LA14Eeg2EcubnKY9QLfGJ0siOhSfRz0FHAkcSjzHkSKXqqIWs0j1m3MFqh9gNA\/w640-h589\/IMG_9962.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"589\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1477\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"content_4_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-350\" data-slotid=\"content_4_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-350\" data-slotid=\"content_4_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-350\" data-slotid=\"content_4_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">They also had midnight feasts in their dormitory.\u00a0 Each girl would steal some bit of food away from their lunch or supper, hiding the goodies in the pockets of their uniform to be shared out and enjoyed later at night after the matron had gone to bed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">They would pretend to be asleep and then in the middle of night they would gather together and tell stories and share their provisions together . . .\u00a0 which had taken on the magical properties of anything which has been purloined\u00a0 . . .<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEioICiSAWeSpioucqy4xUutD4QIbei8Lj2CUPKWSc4pQfRFhZ3woVpzIA7Y_cdl880W8GuVKe45qASqeJid7XK0KvGdTwYI0DC_PlcSXMZ7vBmSGKb6ROqJfELGdkcwP3RIaGdMKy95Iio\/s1600\/IMG_9963.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEioICiSAWeSpioucqy4xUutD4QIbei8Lj2CUPKWSc4pQfRFhZ3woVpzIA7Y_cdl880W8GuVKe45qASqeJid7XK0KvGdTwYI0DC_PlcSXMZ7vBmSGKb6ROqJfELGdkcwP3RIaGdMKy95Iio\/w640-h531\/IMG_9963.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1331\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">She said that they even would sneak out of the dorm sometimes, putting some of the smaller girls out the windows (because they fit), getting them to unlock the door and then they would all wander about having midnight adventures in the dark.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"content_5_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-350\" data-slotid=\"content_5_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-350\" data-slotid=\"content_5_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-350\" data-slotid=\"content_5_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">They left pillows made to look like bodies under the covers back in the dorm.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhgP0wINvVPhwLnuni6ZFHeDrrilS_44NEjmLn9DxtDb8tDf1GHRFANJob4zQ4OYNXoDJnLB4EDIeEQefFsBPNzzdTK_NSccia4Oxh2DPNtfbPrP0Kir6JaYSRWCb0zZ8nk6U7UC-4nmG8\/s1600\/IMG_9964.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhgP0wINvVPhwLnuni6ZFHeDrrilS_44NEjmLn9DxtDb8tDf1GHRFANJob4zQ4OYNXoDJnLB4EDIeEQefFsBPNzzdTK_NSccia4Oxh2DPNtfbPrP0Kir6JaYSRWCb0zZ8nk6U7UC-4nmG8\/w640-h549\/IMG_9964.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"549\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1376\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">OH it does sound so very exciting to me,\u00a0 and more than a bit dangerous. Even now as a 64 year old woman.\u00a0 My heart still longs for adventures and midnight feasts.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0I think to be sure those days are long gone for me, and I don&#8217;t think my digestion could take eating anything after 7 o-clock at night.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgNwIImAMN-yUxK8VZcnZKokpVL4ZmcKR7g6fuXU8mDiPEXiXM1dxEVkk4yur4uxavTM8WhPSSDEPgrdHMrTHapP5Gl-QwdY8998MvGqBwXlr_sR9tkQzKvYb9o17FKSTzszGQCDEypJ4k\/s1600\/IMG_9966.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgNwIImAMN-yUxK8VZcnZKokpVL4ZmcKR7g6fuXU8mDiPEXiXM1dxEVkk4yur4uxavTM8WhPSSDEPgrdHMrTHapP5Gl-QwdY8998MvGqBwXlr_sR9tkQzKvYb9o17FKSTzszGQCDEypJ4k\/w640-h507\/IMG_9966.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"507\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1275\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"content_6_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-350\" data-slotid=\"content_6_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-350\" data-slotid=\"content_6_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-350\" data-slotid=\"content_6_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">I have learnt since moving over here that there is nothing exotic or even tasty about meat paste sandwiches\u00a0 . . .\u00a0 or fish paste for that matter (ugh)<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">There is something incredibly moreishly exotic about sausage rolls,\u00a0 eccles cakes, macaroons, ginger beer and\u00a0 . . . cherry cake.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiJ72zMPPsNg7UCKdMADmANFnsQSyoAZWqclrCirRKfz3Iu5pvyJz8UZYKBu0bcDcvA92ONQ4tLi2v9AAD9SUFMgXEGOUcjVX_Jz9sf2NW_mp1wDpthW4QZ6xU2R4Vn2luT0b1Bd2j9nfw\/s1600\/IMG_9968.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiJ72zMPPsNg7UCKdMADmANFnsQSyoAZWqclrCirRKfz3Iu5pvyJz8UZYKBu0bcDcvA92ONQ4tLi2v9AAD9SUFMgXEGOUcjVX_Jz9sf2NW_mp1wDpthW4QZ6xU2R4Vn2luT0b1Bd2j9nfw\/w640-h432\/IMG_9968.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1085\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">Perfect for midnight feasts and indoor picnics . . .\u00a0 this cherry cake is well worthy of sharing.\u00a0 Cut into thick slices . . .\u00a0 buttery and moist . . . .<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" 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data-slotid=\"content_7_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">And studded with plenty of glace cherries\u00a0 . . .\u00a0 and topped with a sweet drizzle glaze icing and toasted flaked almonds . . .<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg682p1hR_8-ZE84ZJ0CU1Go5BMcZkEK72hZOs1apoLXN0Z4f7BiEAG3LcrKL5QwAkVzz-noRmbaD30T8ME9kAZKTN1VZfobPXB6-nndDomUcFepj4w_EanqKS_7J-kTgJ6Z4_y2LtBk3Y\/s1600\/IMG_9970.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg682p1hR_8-ZE84ZJ0CU1Go5BMcZkEK72hZOs1apoLXN0Z4f7BiEAG3LcrKL5QwAkVzz-noRmbaD30T8ME9kAZKTN1VZfobPXB6-nndDomUcFepj4w_EanqKS_7J-kTgJ6Z4_y2LtBk3Y\/w640-h531\/IMG_9970.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1335\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">Most of the cherries end up evenly distributed, but some do manage to sink to the bottom, no matter how hard you try to make it so that they don&#8217;t.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">Its inevitable, but if anything . . .\u00a0 this only adds to the allure of the cake . . .<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhSY4Kk0mrDjHBzYtqQRJr-54eJ_2_GmTmP1gc2fofdQo_2tKuYSXRx-6oY2aLOdXaTXQzmeiECreNajR6ewxruqn8R0wanGhm1PVWqKyVuDvSa4ojNOSZTKaufi3mwWli6sTdIjAQVUCc\/s1600\/IMG_9971.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhSY4Kk0mrDjHBzYtqQRJr-54eJ_2_GmTmP1gc2fofdQo_2tKuYSXRx-6oY2aLOdXaTXQzmeiECreNajR6ewxruqn8R0wanGhm1PVWqKyVuDvSa4ojNOSZTKaufi3mwWli6sTdIjAQVUCc\/w640-h512\/IMG_9971.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1281\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"content_8_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-350\" data-slotid=\"content_8_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-350\" data-slotid=\"content_8_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-350\" data-slotid=\"content_8_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">You nibble the cake all around their sticky sweetness . . .\u00a0 saving those sunken cherries and bottom bits of cake for a very nice last mouthful\u00a0 . . .<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">Ahhh\u00a0 . . . there really is nothing so satisfying as a very nice mouthful.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjYY3lkwNFIyfQ4b-IElnZehnDKnZdtuYeR4miAvb4IlRT90pQwVV0rviikpi-QI9oq9Fxl3mrQV-hBaqhGvKlIzwqA3aSbFCE_LwFPJH3eXf8dLQu5BV2t5Fgt3ZAmFlAY9WqwJjX9J6s\/s1600\/IMG_9972.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjYY3lkwNFIyfQ4b-IElnZehnDKnZdtuYeR4miAvb4IlRT90pQwVV0rviikpi-QI9oq9Fxl3mrQV-hBaqhGvKlIzwqA3aSbFCE_LwFPJH3eXf8dLQu5BV2t5Fgt3ZAmFlAY9WqwJjX9J6s\/w640-h544\/IMG_9972.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"544\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1365\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">If you only bake one cake this weekend . . .\u00a0 let it be this . . .\u00a0 incredibly delicious, moreishly decadent, cherry stogged full buttery cake!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\"><a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg-9d4In0QVfQvhDOUyIwQo4IXMYe95acH2I6sLGo3jNGvAQH3jzk0ArVJ4ER9OGft5JaI4vo2RU64iP1d6xUbXpz1pzd8ppR83EsgRq-9H4BNfjGMnk64T3siSrP_z-VLF5gcIie95j2s\/s1600\/IMG_9973.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-link\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg-9d4In0QVfQvhDOUyIwQo4IXMYe95acH2I6sLGo3jNGvAQH3jzk0ArVJ4ER9OGft5JaI4vo2RU64iP1d6xUbXpz1pzd8ppR83EsgRq-9H4BNfjGMnk64T3siSrP_z-VLF5gcIie95j2s\/w560-h640\/IMG_9973.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"560\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1401\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"content_9_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-350\" data-slotid=\"content_9_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-350\" data-slotid=\"content_9_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-350\" data-slotid=\"content_9_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">Excellent washed down with flasks of hot tea, cold milk and spicy ginger beer, and perhaps accompanied with an adventure or two or three!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"recipe\" class=\"ccm-card\" data-ccmcardnum=\"7\" data-slot-rendered-content=\"true\">\n<div id=\"recipe\" class=\"ccm-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ccm-info\"><span class=\"ccm-yield ccm-info-child\"><b>Yield:\u00a0<\/b>cuts into 8 slices<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ccm-author ccm-info-child\"><b>Author:\u00a0<\/b>Marie Rayner<\/div>\n<div class=\"ccm-btns-wrapper ccm-hide-on-print\"><button id=\"ccm-printbutton\" type=\"button\">Print<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ccm-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cherry Cake\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg2636WwpC-eS5UZH0yHAvzIqTnfvygNtTT68fqLakf-ic8NGnDeXVttPIrWB77oke42TroGKF4pRcEI4tm3EynzkVTL_CNVZBJvKx4dEaU-z39MwsXywlGujjN0su-AbYNpuLnH-uj2hc\/w640-h597\/Cover+cherry+cake.JPG\" alt=\"Cherry Cake\" width=\"640\" height=\"597\" \/><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ccm-name\">Cherry Cake<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ccm-summary\">A delicious slice of nostalgia.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ccm-section-ingredients ingredients\" data-slot-rendered-recipe=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mv-ad-box\" data-slotid=\"recipe_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-frame-300\" data-slotid=\"recipe_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-slide-300\" data-slotid=\"recipe_btf\">\n<div class=\"mv-rail-sticky-300\" data-slotid=\"recipe_btf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"ccm-head\">ingredients:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ccm-section\">\n<div class=\"ccm-section-title\">For the cake:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>225g self raising flour (1 1\/2 cups + 2 TBS)<\/li>\n<li>100g ground almonds (1 1\/4 cups)<\/li>\n<li>the finely grated zest of one unwaxed lemon<\/li>\n<li>275g glace cherries, preferably undyed or a mix (scant 3 cups)<\/li>\n<li>225g butter, softened (1 cup)<\/li>\n<li>225g granulated sugar (1 cup plus 2 TBS)<\/li>\n<li>3 laarge free-range eggs<\/li>\n<li>a few drops of almond extract<\/li>\n<li>2 TBS milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ccm-section\">\n<div class=\"ccm-section-title\">For the glaze and decoration:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>65g icing sugar, sifted (1\/2 cup)<\/li>\n<li>milk to thin<\/li>\n<li>a handful of toasted flaked almonds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ccm-section-instructions instructions\">\n<h3 class=\"ccm-head\">instructions:<\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"ccm-howto ccm-hide-on-print\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"ccm-section\">\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 180*C\/350*F\/gas mark 4.\u00a0 Lighty butter a 9 X 5 X 3 inch loaf tin.\u00a0 Line with baking paper. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Rinse the glace cherries in hot water to remove all of the syrup and sugar.\u00a0 Dry well and then cut in half.\u00a0 Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Sift the flour into a bowl. Whisk in the lemon zest and almonds.\u00a0 Stir in the halved cherries.<\/li>\n<li>Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.\u00a0 Beat in the eggs one at at time.\u00a0 Stir in the almond extract.\u00a0 Fold in the flour mixture and milk, making sure the cherries are well dispersed.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf tin.\u00a0 Smooth the top.\u00a0 Bake in the preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes. Check at about 45 minutes and if you think it is getting too dark, cover loosely with a double sheet of aluminium foil.\u00a0 It is done when a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. (Today mine took about 15 minutes extra.) Leave cake in the tin to cool completely.<\/li>\n<li>Tip out onto a wire rack. Whisk together the icing sugar, a few drops of almond extract and just enough milk to give you a thick drizzle.\u00a0 Flick over the cake and scatter with toasted almonds.\u00a0 Cut into thick slices to serve<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was around 6 or 7 years old, I discovered Enid Blyton Books.\u00a0 I was totally enthralled with her stories. 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