Miniature Almond Cakes with Sugared Cherries and Kirsch Cream

Name: Miniature Almond Cakes with Sugared Cherries and Kirsch Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 2 larges egg whites; 4 larges egg yolks; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters superfine granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon granulated sugar; 118 milliliters chilled heavy cream; 1 Tbsp kirsch; 2 Tbsps milk; 4 teaspoons powdered egg whites; 0 teaspoons salt; 20 sweet cherries with stems attached; 59 milliliters warm water

Miniature Almond Cakes with Sugared Cherries and Kirsch Cream is a vegetarian recipe with 20 servings. One serving contains 87 calories, 2g of protein, and 3g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works best as a dessert, and is done in about 45 minutes. A mixture of almond extract, egg whites, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch square cake pan and line bottom with parchment or wax paper. Butter paper and dust pan with flour, knocking out excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Wax Paper

Cake Form

Oven

Whisk together yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, milk, and extract in a large bowl until combined well, then whisk in flour and salt.

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Extract

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Beat whites with an electric mixer at high speed until they just hold soft peaks. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, mixing at low speed until whites just hold stiff peaks. Stir about one third of whites into batter to lighten, then fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly.

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Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Pour batter into cake pan, spreading evenly, and bake in middle of oven until pale golden and a tester comes out clean, 14 to 16 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on a rack.

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Oven

Cake Form

Whisk together powdered egg whites and warm water in a small bowl until combined well. Put superfine sugar in another small bowl.

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Dried Egg Whites

Superfine Sugar

Water

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Whisk

Bowl

Holding 1 cherry by stem, brush evenly with some egg white and spoon sugar over it to coat.

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Egg Whites

Cherries

Sugar

Transfer to a rack to dry and coat remaining cherries in same manner.

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Cherries

Beat cream with kirsch and sugar using cleaned beaters until it holds stiff peaks.

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Kirsch

Cream

Sugar

Cut out 20 rounds from cake with cookie cutter and transfer to a platter. Top each round with a teaspoon of kirsch cream, then top cream with a cherry.

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Cherries

Kirsch

Cream

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Cookie Cutter

• Cake rounds (without topping) keep in an airtight container at room temperature 1 day.• Sugared cherries can be made 4 hours ahead and kept at room temperature.

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Cherries