TORTA DI CILIEGE E NOCI..........CHERRY WALNUT CAKE ..

I love this torta .......( Italian for cake , tart or pie...you choose )  and it is so simple.


Preheat your oven to 160 deg C fan forced .
Prepare a square pan with cooking  spray and line with baking paper .approx. 24 cm
In a small mixing bowl combine 2 eggs , 1 cup of castor sugar and 1 tsp of vanilla essence .
Beat these on a medium speed till the mix is light in colour and density  (about 15 minutes.)
In a separate bowl , place 1 cup of wholemeal plain flour  together with 1 tsp  of baking powder  and a 1/2 tsp of salt adding 90 gm of chopped walnuts. and stir to combine.
Fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture .
Now add 2 cups of morello pitted cherries
Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin .
Level the top and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean , and the top is golden and fudgy.
Remove to a cooling rack.
Cut into squares to serve.


I promise this is dead easy and you will love it