Fresh Cherry and Vanilla Cake

We were invited for dinner to a friends’ place. I wanted to take something for them and I thought of baking a plain vanilla cake. When I opened the fridge I saw cherries and I thought ‘Alright, cherry cake it is’. And here’s what I baked..! :)

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour/ Maida – 1 ½ cups

Sugar – 1 cup

Unsalted Butter – ½ cup

Baking Soda – 1 tsp.

Eggs – 2

Cherries – 1 cup, halved and pitted

Salt – Pinch (if using salted butter, salt can be avoided)

Milk – ½ cup

Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp.

Yields – 12 to 15 medium sized pieces

Method

1.  In a large bowl, mix together butter (melted/ at room temp), sugar, eggs and vanilla. Set aside.

2.  In another bowl, sift together flour, salt, soda. Add these dry ingredients to the creamed mixture along with milk. Add half of the cherries into the mixture and mix well.

3.   Pre-heat the oven at 350 degrees F/ 175 degrees C.

4.   In the meanwhile, take a cake pan and grease it with butter. Pour the batter and put the rest of the cherries on top of it. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

Note: To check if the cake is baked, insert a toothpick/ fork and see if it comes out clean. If it does, the cake is ready.

5. Take it out. Allow it to cool. Transfer on to a wire rack for it to cool completely or simply place it on a sheet or plate. Cut in to equal sized pieces.