Cookery Class - Step by Step
Sour-cream cake with cherries and pistachios from Ideas
Follow our easy steps to make this tangy cake with a fragrantly spicy heart. It's great to serve after a lovely meal or to simply enjoy with your afternoon tea.Learn to cook something else?
Ingredients
50 g slivered almonds, toasted100 g shelled pistachios, roughly chopped
250 ml morello cherries
275 g soft butter
275 g castor sugar
5 large eggs
440 g cake flour
7.50 ml baking powder
250 ml sour cream
65 ml milk
SYRUP
205 ml castor sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
4 cloves
4 cardamom pods, bruised
125 ml lime or lemon juice
50 ml honey
10 ml rose-water (or 5ml grated orange zest)
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Prep time : | 40 | |
Cooking time : | 60 |
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Want to know more? | read our cooks notes |
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Step 1
Line the base and sides of a baking tin with baking paper. Sprinkle a quater of the nuts over the base of the cake tin, spreading them evenly. |
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