Fresh Cherry Pound Cake Recipe

Posted by Petro Neagu on Jun 30, 2014

I love the cherry addition to this pound cake not only for their sweet taste but also because they have so many vitamins. They’re also very refreshing, even when not kept in the fridge. This is my favorite fruit of this season and a bowl of cherries is always present on my table.

I was amazed that the ingredients are very simple, the cake is easy to make and turns out to be a real delicacy – fluffy, light and beautiful - even though I didn’t completely follow the recipe. I cut the sugar and butter in half, as I knew my daughter and niece (big desserts lovers) would basically devour the cake. I needed it to be less unhealthy.

Materials: 4 eggs, 200 gr (0,44 pounds) butter (I used 100 gr), 150 gr (0,33 pounds) sugar (I used 75), 200 gr (0,44 pounds) flour (I used 250 gr; way too much), 1 kg (2,2 pounds) fresh cherries, 1 sachet baking powder, 1 pinch of salt, 3 sachets vanilla sugar, almond flakes to ornate