Charlotte with Cherry

Charlotte is a quick and tasty sponge cake. You can add various fruits or berries to the dough. Today we will cook charlotte with cherries. When it is not the season for fresh cherries, and frozen berries are waiting in the freezer, we will cook charlotte with them. Light sourness in a sweet biscuit – charlotte turns out to be delicious!

Summary

Ingredients

• Flour – 75 g
• Sugar – 75 g
• Frozen cherries – 250 g (weight with seeds)
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Vanillin – 2 pinches
• Baking powder – 0.5 teaspoon
• Salt – 1 scoop
• Potato starch – 1 tbsp

For filing:

• Powdered sugar – 0.5 tbsp

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Instructions

1. Thaw 250 g frozen cherries at room temperature, then remove pits. Transfer pitted cherries to a bowl and sprinkle with 1 tbsp potato starch.
2. In a bowl, combine 2 eggs, 75 g sugar, 1 scoop salt, and 2 pinches vanillin.
3. Beat egg mixture for 3 minutes until it lightens and increases in volume.
4. Sift 75 g flour combined with 0.5 teaspoon baking powder into the egg mixture.
5. Using a spatula with a circular lifting motion, gently fold in the flour until you have an airy dough.
6. Line the bottom of a baking dish with parchment paper and pour in 2/3 of the dough.
7. Spread the cherry mixture over the dough, draining off excess juice.
8. Top with remaining dough to cover the cherries.
9. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (356 °F) for 25 minutes.
10. Transfer charlotte to a plate and let cool.
11. Cut into portions and serve.

Enjoy your meal!