Almond Cake Trifle with Roasted Cherries

Name: Almond Cake Trifle with Roasted Cherries
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: English, British, Scottish, European
Ingredients: 198 grams almond paste, broken into pieces; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 237 milliliters cake flour; 1 kilograms frozen cherries, thawed; 3 cinnamon sticks; 6 Tbsps Cognac; 6 larges eggs, at room temperature; 0 teaspoons salt; 355 milliliters sugar, divided; 296 milliliters unsalted butter, softened; 1 vanilla bean, split in half; 4 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided; 1 pint whipping cream; 118 milliliters whole almonds, coarsely chopped and toasted

The recipe Almond Cake Trifle with Roasted Cherries could satisfy your Scottish craving in approximately 45 minutes. This recipe makes 16 servings with 508 calories, 7g of protein, and 33g of fat each. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have eggs, vanillan extract, whipping cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Grease and flour a 10-cup Bundt pan.

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All Purpose Flour

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Kugelhopf Pan

Sift together first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Process almond paste and 1 1/4 cups sugar in a food processor until blended. Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed 1 minute.

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Almond Paste

Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Food Processor

Bowl

Add sugar mixture and 1 teaspoon vanilla, and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, scraping down sides. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing just until blended.

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Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Pour into prepared Bundt pan, and bake 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into cake center comes out clean.

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Kugelhopf Pan

Oven

Remove from oven, and let cool.

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Oven

Toss cherries with Cognac, cinnamon sticks, 3 teaspoons vanilla, 3 tablespoons sugar, and vanilla bean halves in a bowl; pour into a roasting pan. Increase heat to 425, and bake cherry mixture 10 minutes.

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Cinnamon Stick

Vanilla

Cherries

Cognac

Sugar

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Roasting Pan

Oven

Bowl

Place vanilla bean halves and cinnamon sticks in a small bowl, and let cool. Strain cherries, and reserve all cooking liquid.

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Cinnamon Stick

Vanilla Bean

Cherries

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Bowl

Scrape vanilla beans with a spoon, and place seeds in bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add whipping cream. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, add cardamom, if desired, and whisk until stiff peaks form.

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Whipping Cream

Cardamom

Sugar

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Whisk

Assemble trifle in 16 (10-ounce) individual glasses. Slice cake into 3/4-inch pieces.

Layer cake pieces, 1 1/2 teaspoons cherry liquid, cherries, and 3 tablespoons cream; repeat layers, ending with 1 tablespoon cream. Chill 2 hours, sprinkle with almonds, and serve.

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Cherries

Almonds