Name: Prăjitură cu Vișine (Sour Cherry Cake)
Yield: about 20 squares, 25 × 35 cm (10 × 14 inch) pan
Cuisine: Romania
Ingredients: 4 eggs, separated; a pinch of salt; 150 g granulated sugar; 100 ml sunflower oil; 2 packets vanilla sugar; 180 g all-purpose flour; 10 g baking powder; 300 g sour cherries, pitted, fresh, frozen or jarred and well drained; powdered sugar, for dusting

Ingredients

Scale

Pan sizes, times and temperatures in the method are not scaled.

Method

Heat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a 25 × 35 cm (10 × 14 inch) pan.
Beat the egg whites with the salt to stiff peaks. Add the granulated sugar (150 g¾ cup) gradually and keep beating.
Fold in the yolks, then the sunflower oil (100 ml7 tbsp), gently, then the vanilla sugar (2 packets).
Sift the flour (180 g1½ cups) with the baking powder (10 g2½ tsp) and fold it in.
Pour into the pan and scatter the sour cherries (300 g) evenly over the batter; they will sink partly.
Bake 30 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool completely. Dust heavily with powdered sugar and cut into squares.

Notes

With cream. Prăjitură cu vișine și cremă adds a layer of vanilla custard cream on top. Some versions put the cherries in a layer between two sponge sheets with cream.