Makes 15 portions

Ingredients

• 170g/6oz margarine
• 170g/6oz caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 115g/4oz self raising flour
• 115g/4oz ground almonds
• 85g/3oz glace/candied cherries, washed and halved

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4.
2. Cream the margarine and sugar together until the mixture becomes soft and pale.
3. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
4. Stir in the sifted flour and the almonds and cherries.
5. Pour the mixture into a greased 28cm (11 inch) x 18cm (7 inch) cake tin and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the cake springs back when pressed lightly.
6. Leave the cake in the tin to cool, then cut it into 15 squares.

Specific conditions:
Loss of weight/appetite

Nutritional information (approximate values per portion)
Energy: 235 kcal; Protein: 4g; Fat: 15g (of which saturates: 1g); Carbohydrate: 22g; Fibre: 1g.

Cancerbackup thanks Clare Shaw and Maureen Hunter for contributing this recipe.