Viennese Cherry Pie

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a Viennese cherry pie? Prepare the products. Choose natural, high-quality butter, without vegetable fats in the composition. Take it out of the refrigerator in advance, it should become soft by the beginning of cooking. Eggs are also better to take at room temperature — then the dough will turn out more lush. Cherries are suitable both fresh and frozen. It is not necessary to defrost it beforehand.

2. Step 2:

   

   Put the soft butter in a bowl and start whipping at low mixer speeds. Pour sugar into the butter in portions, beating it after each addition. You should get a lush light mass.

3. Step 3:

   

   Without stopping whipping, pour one egg into the butter mixture. It will be more convenient to do this by breaking them into a separate bowl. Mix the egg well into the total mass each time. Be sure to wash the eggs before use, as even the seemingly clean shell may contain harmful bacteria. It is best to use food detergents and a brush.

4. Step 4:

   

   Sift flour and baking powder into the resulting mass. It is important to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Then the cake will turn out to be airy and will rise well when baking.

5. Step 5:

   

   Use a spatula to mix the dough until smooth.

7. Step 6:

   

   Take a suitable baking dish. The pie according to this recipe turns out to be small, I had enough of a 20 * 11 cm shape. Lubricate the mold with a drop of vegetable oil. Pour the dough into it, level the top.

8. Step 7:

   

   Put the cherry on top, drowning it in the dough. The more berries you fit, the juicier the pie will turn out.

9. Step 8:

   

   Put the cake pan in the oven, preheated to 180 °C. Bake it until lightly browned on top, about 30 minutes. Then remove the mold from the oven without turning off the heat. Sprinkle the cake with almond petals.

10. Step 9:

    

    Return the pie to the oven. Bake it until cooked, another 10-15 minutes. Check readiness with a wooden skewer — it should come out dry from the center. Cool the baked cake completely and remove it from the mold.

11. Step 10:

    

    Serve it to the table, sprinkled with powdered sugar. Bon appetit!