Cherry cake from mary killen

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
12 ounces Flour
8 ounces Sugar
8 ounces Margarine
6 ounces Glace cherries
2 ounces Ground almonds
1 teaspoon Almond extract
4 Eggs
½ cup Milk

Directions

1. Cream margarine and sugar. Add egg yolks, beat well, then add flour, milk, glace cherries, ground almonds, and extract. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture.

2. Fold mixture into a greased and lined 7" cake tin. Bake at 160C (320F or gas mark 3) for 75 minutes.

Source: Mary Killen, Clough, Co. Down, Northern Ireland 1993 : (Pat's aunt who is 82!)

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