Tuesday 22 June 2010

Cherry Crumble Cake with Cinnamon



For the last couple of weeks the weather has been perfect, all bright and sunny and I just was in mood for baking something fancy. That is when I spotted this lovely Cherry cake at Mowie’s delicious blog and instantly fell in love with it. This cake was cooked the next day I saw at his space and is one of the best cakes that I had in recent times. I very much like the look and taste of it.  Mowie's recipes are simply superb and his photography is just beyond words - stunning, marvellous, creative and what not! The cake looked like a huge one for my small family, so as usual I halved the recipe and baked it! I don’t really know if halving has made any difference in flavour or taste, but it came out well and you can see the result - A perfectly baked cake, that’ so pretty and elegant. The golden crumble and the bright red cherries added an extra chic to the cake. One thing I would like to put in notice is that I would like my cherries to be slightly immersed in the batter rather than resting on top. So I might try pressing the cherries gently into the batter, just halfway through, so part of the cherries go down the batter and part of it stays on top. Here you go, an amazing recipe, that’s definitely a keeper. Please Visit Mowielicious for the original recipe and inspiring photography.


 
Cherry Crumble Cake with Cinnamon

Ingredients:

For the Cake:
160 g (1 cup) Plain Flour
100 g Unsalted butter, at room temperature
160g (around ¾ cup) Castor sugar
2 Medium eggs
1 Tsp Baking powder
4 Tbsp (1/4 cup)Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
150g Cherries, pitted and halved (1 cup)
Extra sugar to sprinkle

For the crumble:
75g (8 Tbsp/ ½ cup ) Plain flour
50g Cold Butter
40g (2 ½ Tbsp) Castor Sugar
2 Pinches of Cinnamon powder


Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius 10 minutes prior to baking. Grease and line a 7” round pan and keep it aside.

2. Whisk the butter, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until light and creamy.

3. Add eggs one by one and mix well after each addition.

4. In a separate bowl sieve together flour and baking powder.

5. Fold this flour mixture gently into the wet mixture. Do not over mix. Add milk and mix gently until just combined.

6. Pour this batter into the prepared pan and level the surface.

7. Top with cherries and sprinkle some sugar all over until evenly covered.

8. Combine all the ingredients for the crumble with hands until it resembles bread crumbs. Sprinkle it all over cherries evenly covering them.

9. Bake it in the centre rack of the pre heated oven for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean and the crumbs turn golden. Serve warm or cold.

35 comments:

Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

ahhhhhhhhh..love cherries and teh crumble cake with cherries looks divine...bful...perfect cut slice....

smitha stephan said...

that looks soooo good!!

Cool Lassi(e) said...

The crumble cake looks fabulous. Yes I saw them as squares in Mowie's blog about a couple of weeks ago I think. I came to know about his blog through Meeta's space. You have done justice to his recipe.
Your pictures are equally gorgeous.Beautifully presented!Ahhhh divine!

Faiza Ali said...

WOW ! that really looks awesome...i am definitely gonna try this, when I buy cherries next time.
And of course, like I told you earlier I have a dessert loving husband and also a kid :) So, I don't have to worry about finishing all the baked goodies by myself :D

divya said...

Wow lovely..looks perfectly baked,soft and moist..

MyExperimentsWithFood said...

Cake looks wonderful. Amazing texture. Feeling to grab a piece through the screen :)

Suji said...

Wow Amazing looking cherry crumble cake shabs. no words, can have a piece right away.Kidilan aytund tou..

Love
Kairali sisters

PranisKitchen said...

the crumble cake looks so delicious.. u also did it perfectly nice pic too

Fajeeda said...

the looks awesome dear.............feeling like having a peice of it.......

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Awesome cake with the wonderful photos.. they simply make me drool.. and this is perfect time to make cherry cakes... Yummy!!!!

Swapna said...

I am a big fan of Mowie's blog...your cake came out perfectly...will definitely going to try this recipe next time when I buy cherries:)...

Priya Suresh said...

Irresistible cake, looks fabulous and gorgeous..

My Kitchen Antics said...

even i bookmarked it to make it the very next day but i ate all the cherries instead :)

Life is beautiful !!! said...

Beautiful presentation Shabs :) I know that cinnamon and cake go well together.

Nithya said...

Classic clicks. The cake looks so yummy :)

Lidia said...

Love cherries and it looks so delicious!!

Manju said...

heyy shabs

its been a while since i came here..that is such a delectbale cake! Cherries are in season now and I should use them in something like this..

bhagy said...

yeah as u said it looks soo good...nice texture....

Nitha said...

Lovely cake

M D said...

This looks phenomenal. Love ur cherry crumble cake. Nice drool-worthy pics too.. :)

Unknown said...

I love cherries! This is a must make recipe for me. It looks absolutely delicious!

Pam said...

Your dessert looks delicious! Cherries are my favorite fruit and I must try this. Great photos!

Pari Vasisht said...

Hi. First time here. The cake looks lovely. Glad to follow you.Peep in my space whenever time permits.
Pari

☺lani☺ said...

Looks yum!

Unknown said...

Shab, this cherry cake looks divine. Thanks for visiting my blog, now I will be a regular to your blog as well. Following :)

Jhonny walker said...

crumble cake is addictive. Good thing I have R who has a metabolism high enough and apetite big enough to finish some of the crumbs

Your coconut rice is fantatsic too. I will surely make it :)

Bergamot said...

Perfect slice of cake... looks really tempting

Rachana said...

Wow! Cherry crumble Cake looks gorgeous! Stunning pics too :-)

amna said...

absolutely loved your site. your pics are gorgeous and i almost checked out the entire site (or something like that!). adding you to reader, would love to follow you :)

Shabs.. said...

Thanks to u all fo rthe constant support and your lovely comments.

Love,
SHabs.

Parita said...

LOVE the texture of the cake..its fanastic shabs..BOOKMARKED!

Sunitha said...

Looks fantastic!

Unknown said...

Nice site...first time here....luv ur clicks.The cake looks perfect and soft

darshana said...

this is one fabulous cake....ive made this cake quiet a few times....was craving 4 a cake 2day....was confused btw marble cake and cherry cake...im glad i chose 2 make d cherry cake....juz d smell 4m d oven is making me all hungry...:)
shabs u have a beautiful blog...ur recipes r foolproof and have always given me good results....
hope u have a good vacation...
waiting 4 all d nombuthora goodies once u get back....:)

Anonymous said...

I tries this cake yesterday and it was perfect. It was moist and the sugar was just right.

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