Cherry and Marzipan Cake

Ingredients

• 250g self raising flour
• 150g sugar
• 1tsp baking powder
• 70ml vegetable oil
• 200ml oat milk (or other dairy free milk)
• 1tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp white or cider vinegar
• 200g marzipan
• 200g glace cherries

Method

• Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/160c
• In a large bowl add the flour, baking powder, sugar, oil, milk, vanilla, and vinegar and beat into a smooth batter. It doesn’t take long so it is super easy by hand,
• In an 8 inch tin add a layer of baking parchment to the bottom. The tin will need fairly deep sides.
• Pour in about 1/2 of the cake batter.
• Roll out the marzipan in a disc the size of your tin and lay over the cake batter .
• Chop the cherries in half and add on top of the marzipan in an even layer.
• Pour over the rest of the cake batter making sure all the cherries are covered.
• Pop the cake into the oven and cook for 50 minutes. It may need a little longer if a skewer doesn’t come out clean.

Tips and Cheats

This cake is so good warm from the oven. It is also good a day old with lashings of custard! (Birds custard powder is vegan!) If you want a more almond taste, or don’t have marzipan you can either add almond essence in place of the vanilla, or you can swap out 1/2 of the flour for ground almonds. This does result in a heavier cake! However, you eat it enjoy it!