This lovely Balkan Cherry Cake from Milica Cvetkovic can be served hot – straight from the oven.
By Milica Cvetkovic
Cherry cake was traditionaly made in countries of former Yugoslavia. For me this is one of those that makes your day and elicit a smile to your face. When I was a little girl my mom made it almost every week and I still enjoy it like first time. It seems ordinarily but simplicity is what makes this cake so stunning. Eggs, flour, sugar and cherries are almost all you need for the perfect bite of this traditional everyday dessert. Cherry cake is very simple to make, you just need to mix the ingredients and bake it. Don’t even have to cool it – serve directly from the oven. 
Cherry Cake
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 10 1x
Description
All you need to do is to mix the ingredients, bake the cake, sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 and 2/3 cup (330gr) sugar
- 5/6 cup (200ml) vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup and 3 tbs (100ml) milk
- 1 tbs (12gr) baking powder
- 1 and 2/3 cup (310gr) all-purpose flour
- fresh or frozen unboned cherries, as much as you wish
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven at 200 degrees C then cover the baking sheet (35x25cm) with perchament paper.
- Whisk together eggs and sugar until unified.
- Gradually add all other ingrediants (except cherries) whisking constantly until nice and smooth.
- Pour the mixture in prepared baking sheet, sprinkle with cherries and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- When baked cover with icing sugar.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
Really good, never made it before but it turned out really well.
What a great cake, love cherries and right in time!
I absolutely adore cherries – and this turned out prefectly.
Is it possible to use half the amount of sugar used in the recipe?
When I bought it, it wasn’t what I expected you know. I wanted something soft and gentle in but instead it rubbed me in the wrong way if you know what I mean
I love cherries in any form, but this is beautiful, elegant and a easy/quick way to incorporate one of my favorite fruits into something I could see as much for breakfast as a dessert!