Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, Mini Cherry Almond Cakes is a non-vegetarian World sweet made with all purpose flour, baking powder, and salt in about 33 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 18 minutes
  • Total time: 33 minutes
  • Yield: 6 mini cakes
  • Category: Sweet
  • Cuisine: World

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)
  • 2/3 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
  • 1 large egg (at room temperature)
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 cup milk

Whipped Cream Cheese

  • 3/4 cup heavy cream (cold)
  • 4 oz cream cheese (softened)
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (divided)
  • 1/2 cup cherry pie filling
  • 3 tablespoons granulated white sugar

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Spray shortcake pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
  2. In a bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  3. Beat together sugar and butter till smooth and creamy using your stand or hand mixer. Then add egg, vanilla extract and almond extract and mix till well combined.
  4. Add in the flour mix, alternating with milk. Add the flour in 3 parts and milk in 2 parts, starting and ending with flour.
  5. Mix till everything is well combined. Do not over-mix.
  6. Transfer batter to the pan. Remember to not fill the pan all the way till top. It should only be 2/3- 3/4 full.
  7. Bake at 350 F degrees for 18 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer on to a wire rack to cool completely.

Whipped cream cheese

  1. To make the frosting, place the bowl and the whisk attachment in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
  2. Beat the heavy cream using the wire whisk attachment of your stand mixer or using your hand mixer till it forms peaks. Set aside.
  3. Beat cream cheese with sugar till smooth and creamy. Add almond extract and cherry pie filling and beat till well combined.
  4. Fold in the whipped cream into the cream cheese till well combined.
  5. Spoon the whipped cream cheese on top of the mini cherry almond cakes. Garnish with fresh cherries, sliced almonds and serve.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.