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Cherry cake

Type of dish cake, Dessert, Snack
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 2 Tsp Baking powder
  • ¾ Cup Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. Sour cream
  • ½ Cup Youghurt or butttermilk
  • 1 Tsp Lemon rind
  • 80 g Melted butter
  • 60 ml oil

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 180°C
  • Separate egg yolks and egg whites
  • In one bowl whisk egg whites with half of the sugar until stiff
  • In another bowl whisk egg yolks with the rest of the sugar until pale in colour
  • Add melted butter, then oil, whisk
  • Add youghurt and sour cream, whisk
  • Add frlour with baking powder and lemon rind in three parts
  • Fold in egg whites in three parts
  • Carefully fold in one cup of cherries
  • Pour in a prepared tin
  • Carefully layer the remaining cherries on top of the batter
  • Bake for about 30 minutes in fan oven or until its nice and golden, with toothpick coming out not doughy
  • Take out of the oven, let it cool for about 10 minutes and put on cooling rack
  • When cool, dust with icing sugar and enjoy