Hi Yllka, I’ve just Googled and yes you can use quail eggs in place of chicken eggs in baking. Just be sure to use equal weight of egg.

Wonderful Sasha, adding chocolate sounds like a fabulous idea. Well done for making it without an electric whisk, no wonder it curdled, but it never really matters as you found out:-)

This is a nice simple effective recipe. I added in the 100g chocolate and it made it incredibly chocolately. I was a bit concerned when I added the eggs to the butter/sugar as it looked like it curdled but it was okay when I added the dry ingredients. I don’t have whisk so was doing it by hand,

Hi Janet, that would be fine, just use them as they are. Saying that, in the UK glacé cherries don’t really have much more than a sticky glaze on them.

Hi Douglas, I wouldn’t use the quantities in my recipe in a 23cm cake tin as you would have a very flat and dry cake. I’ve found this conversion site for you where you can convert my recipe ingredients to the quantity required for your 23 cm tin. You would need to add a little time to the baking time, so I’d check at 35 mins to gauge this. http://www.cakebaker.co.uk/baking-tin-size-conversion-calculator.html

I haven’t tried but I think they might be a bit squishy in comparison to fresh cherries, but never say never:-)

Would jarred morello cherries also work?

Hi Aarushi, if you don’t have a spring form tin then I would line the base of a normal tin with greased baking parchment to make sure the cake releases once baked.

Thanks Jill, yes pears are sneaky little devils aren’t they:-)

Love the look of this, Camilla – and hear you on the pears. Baking so much with them just now but one minute they’re as hard as turnips then I forget about them and they turn so ripe quickly! Dying for our cherry season – lucky you to have fresh ones already.

Thank you Helen:-)

This looks fabulous. I love the idea of putting almonds on the bottom of the tin – genius!

Thank you Lucy, it is a winning combination:-)

Thank you Monica:-)

Thank you Lucy, it is yummy:-)

I love the sound of this cake with fresh cherries and chocolate but simple enough for afternoon tea as well!

Gorgeous looking cake, easy to make and with one of my favourite flavour combinations. Thank you for including my recipe!

Thank you, me too Alexandra:-)

Thank you Kavey, I wish I had a slice right now:-)

Thank you so much Jenny, it is a fab cake:-)

Thank you Corina, they work so well together:-)

Thank you they are a fabulous combination:-)

Thank you Mandy and a pleasure:-)

Thank you Corina, they are made for each other aren’t they:-)

I love chocolate and cherries together and I think this cake looks so lovely and moist too!

This looks delicious. I haven’t made a cherry cake for ages – really must do something about that! Thanks for linking to my recipe.

Thank you Janice, it is a lovely cake:-)

What a wonderful looking cake! Chocolate and cherries are such a great combination.