Almond And Cherry Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

370 g cherries in syrup, drained
75 g Amarettini biscuits, coarsely chopped
200 g butter or margarine
175 g sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 None medium eggs
100 g ground almonds
300 g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
5 tbsp milk
125 g icing sugar
1/2 tsp red food colouring
1/2 None lemon, juiced
None None chocolate hearts for decoration

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Cream butter, sugar and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 by 1, then add almonds, flour, baking powder and crushed cookies, alternating with milk. Fold cherries into batter then transfer to prepared pan. Bake for about 1 hour. Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for about 10 mins. Meanwhile, mix powdered sugar with lemon juice and food coloring. Remove cake from pan and spread pink icing over top. Decorate with chocolate hearts.