Pine Nut Cake With Poached Cherries and Caramel Sauce

This is so light, spongy and yet rich. The Cherries Poached in Vanilla - Cerises Pochées are tangy and not too sweet. Use store bought caramel sauce or make your own Caramel Sauce.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄3 cups pine nuts
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 6  large eggs (separated)
• 1⁄2 cup  superfine sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract

• Garnishes

•  whipped cream
•  prepared  caramel sauce (Caramel Sauce)
•  cherries, poached (Cerises Pochà es Cherries Poached in Vanilla - Cerises Pochées)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Butter a 10" springform pan.
3. In food processor combine nuts, flour and baking powder. Pulse to chop nuts finely.
4. In large bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar together till light add vanilla and mix inches.
5. In another bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
6. Fold whites into yolk mixture.
7. Fold in nut mixture.
8. Spoon into cake pan.
9. Bake 30 minutes until golden.
10. Top with garnishes of choice.