Cherry Cake

[mikey4444]

Does anyone know how to stop all the cherries from falling to the bottom of the cake ? I use a regular Maderia recipe, 6oz of sugar, 6 oz of butter, 8 oz of flour and 3 eggs. The cakes always taste wonderful but don't look right !

[poodicat]

Put the cherries in flour first this should stop them sinking!

[Clanad]

Also... try these tips...

Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with just a little baking powder (not baking soda)...
Coat the fruit in flour...
Heat the fruit before mixing with the batter...
Pour in half the batter and then the flour coated fruit, then the rest of the batter...

Best of luck!

[mikey4444]

Many thanks for all your help. I hadn't thought about putting baking powder in the base of the pan before...sounds ingenious !

[rockape69]

are you using plain or self raising flour as this cake can be made with either(with judicious use of baking soda)if you are using plain flour try reducing that by 2 ounces and add 2 ounces of self raising, hope this helps,