Strawberry Gum, Cherry & Macadamia Cake

PREP TIME

30 minutes

COOK TIME

60 minutes

YIELDS

10-12

Ingredients

  • 185g self-raising flour
  • 185g Macadamia Nuts (ground)
  • 185g unsalted butter
  • 185g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp The Spice People’s Strawberry Gum
  • 1 egg plus 1 yolk
  • 1 punnet strawberries – sliced
  • 425g cherries, pitted and cut in half. Can also use tinned after draining
  • Extra fresh cherries for garnish

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line the bottom of a standard 22cm cake tin with greaseproof paper. Grease sides and paper.

    Combine all ingredients (the mixture is very firm). Using a spoon dipped in water spread half the mixture into the tin. Top with 1 punnet of sliced strawberries and a 425gm can cherries (drained). Cover with half of the mixture. Bake for one-hour in a moderate oven until a skewer comes out clean. 
  2. Top with fresh cherries and dust with icing sugar and serve with ice cream or cream!

    Note: cherries can always be replaced by blueberries
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