Cherry Torta Tea Cake - Real Recipes from Mums

A delicious and moist Cherry Torta Tea Cake that will have everyone asking for the recipe

Ingredients (serves 10)

1/2 Jar Pitted Cherries - quantity to your liking
1.5 Cups Self Raising Flour - Sifted
3 Eggs
1/5 cup Butter OR olive oil
1/2 cup Milk - any variety
3/4 cup Caster Sugar
1 tsp Icing sugar for dusting

Method

Preheat oven at 180 Celsius and grease, line a 20cm baking springform tin.
With a stand or hand mixer, beat eggs, sugar, milk, and butter OR oil until you get a creamy consistency.
Add sifted self-raising flour. Stir by hand with a wooden spoon until you get a smooth and creamy consistency.
Pour mixture into the prepared baking tin
Add pitted cherries on top of the mixture or stirred into the mixture if desired. Just remember the cherries tend to sink to the bottom of the mixture when cooking, hence why it's better to put them on top (and let the sink in naturally).
Place in preheated oven at 180 celsius for 35 minutes or until the skewer comes out clean.
Remove from oven and leave in the baking tin for 10 minutes.
Remove from tin and place on a cooling rack.
When completely cool place on a serving dish and dust with icing sugar.

Notes

I have made this recipe with half the self raising flour and half almond meal and it was divine. You can also add any fruit alternative to it. I've made it with soft pears, canned plums and canned apricots previously. Cherry is the best in my opinion.

29 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 17 Aug 2024
    8:27 am
Oh this looks so yummy…..I think it would be great heated and served with warm custard

- - Mum_Em said
  - 26 Nov 2023
    9:58 pm
Oh I love cherries, should definitely give this one a try.

- - patra said
  - 06 Sep 2023
    11:43 am
I can’t wait to make this. I love cherries, and this cake really showcases them. Thanks for sharing.

- - GemmaLaurenMary said
  - 30 Dec 2022
    11:34 pm
Yum, what a great combination for a tea cake xx

- - mom62624 said
  - 23 Nov 2022
    9:51 pm
Thanks, a lovely recipe idea and great to share.

- - smart_ass said
  - 27 Sep 2022
    9:59 am
love cherries – this sounds like a dessert for Christmas

- - mum1 said
  - 19 Jul 2022
    2:40 pm
I haven’t come across many cherry cakes (with the exception of Black Forest) and I’m keen to give this a go. Love the idea of substitiuting other fruit in as well such as blueberries or peaches

- - Lividanke said
  - 15 Jul 2022
    1:23 pm
Yum that looks so delightful.

- - rovermum said
  - 14 Jul 2022
    10:24 am
This looks like something I would buy in a cafe. My Mum would love this.

- - mom93821 said
  - 02 Jul 2022
    7:45 am
I enjoy making and eating tea cakes and this cherry tea cake looks so delicious.

- - My Littlebuttons said
  - 25 Jun 2022
    11:15 am
This looks so good and a very easy recipe I love cherries and in a cake even more delicious

- - mom465683 said
  - 03 Jun 2022
    8:49 pm
That’s looks easy to make. Who doesn’t like cake.

- - BellaB said
  - 31 May 2022
    9:01 pm
This looks good (as in good presentation).

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 15 May 2022
    12:52 pm
Yum that sounds very delicious. Thank you for sharing

- - taynik46 said
  - 01 May 2022
    8:18 am
oh I am a sucker for anything with cherries! – thank you so much for sharing I cannot wait to bake this and indulge myself!

- - mumof3 said
  - 14 Apr 2022
    5:50 pm
I’ve never heard of this before but it sounds delicious!

- - Pollylou said
  - 13 Apr 2022
    10:19 am
What a great recipe, cant wait to give it a try

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 09 Apr 2022
    10:27 pm
I love the look and sound of this recipe. Teacakes are wonderful for afternoon tea on cold days.
- mom93821 replied
  
  03 Jul 2022 , 5:09 am
  I like to take teacakes to catch ups because they are such a wonderful treat to share with friends and family.
- - mom461384 said
  - 09 Apr 2022
    11:59 am
Simple and sounds delicious!

- - Ellen said
  - 07 Apr 2022
    4:32 am
Easy recipe indeed ! You could use any frozen fruit of your liking instead of the jar/tin of cherries