Description: The Cotton household clamors for this delight!
Submitted by: KingdomWarrior on 2002-11-19 02:59:48
Serves: 10
Prep Time: 20 min prep--1 hr. baking
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
200 g / 7 ozs / 1 skimpy cup sugar6 eggs
220 g / 8ozs / 1 cup ground almonds
70 g / 3 ozs breadcrumbs
3 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. ground cloves
¼ teaspoon salt
500 g / 1 lb jar (or whatever size it comes in) pitted morello cherries (in juice, not syrup, if available), drained
2 tbsp. sliced or chopped almonds, 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon for sprinkling on top
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180°C /350°F / gas mark 4.Separate eggs. Beat whites until stiff.
Beat egg yolks and sugar until very light and fluffy. Add almonds, breadcrumbs, salt, cloves and milk.
Fold in the very stiffly beaten egg whites (start with only a spoonful of this, as the nut/yolk/sugar mixture is quite stiff, and it needs a little loosening up before adding the bulk of the egg whites). Fill into a greased springform or cake tin, and spread the drained cherries on top.
Bake for about 1 hour.
After 20 minutes of baking, sprinkle the almonds, sugar and cinnamon on top and continue baking.