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Start with a purchased, round angel food cake instead of making it from the mix and you've got one of the easiest, prettiest desserts around! This torte is my new go-to sour cherry dessert. The filling is like tart jam: not too sugary, and not at all runny, thanks to cooking it down a fair amount before adding the cornstarch. You can have Cherry Almond Torte using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cherry Almond Torte

Prepare of Angel food cake mix.
Prepare of almond extract.
Prepare of marshmallow creme.
You need of cherry pie filling.
Prepare of toasted sliced almonds.

The crust, made with part almond flour, is reminiscent of linzer torte. It's rich and flavorful, but only faintly sweet. It's a bit more crumbly than pie crust — and, admittedly, a bit harder to work with. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, cracker crumbs and butter until crumbly.

Cherry Almond Torte instructions

Prepare cake as directed on package, except stir in almond extract. Pour into angel food cake pan. Bake & cool according to package directions..
Remove from pan. Split cake to make 2 layers, using serrated knife..
Place bottom layer on serving platter. Spoon half of marshmallow creme by heaping teaspoonfuls onto bottom layer. Spoon half of pie filling between spoonfuls of marshmallow creme. Sprinkle with half the almonds..
Place other layer on top. Spoon remaining marshmallow creme & pie filling on top, allowing pie filling to drip down sides. Aprinkle with remaining almonds..

Serve dusted with icing sugar, or better yet, with homemade vanilla bourbon ice cream. For Cake My resulting torte was the work of a true klutz, but no less delicious all the same. Sour Cherry Almond Torte heavily adapted from an old Gourmet recipe. Sweet dark cherries combine with crumbly almond shortbread in this cherry almond tart, for a spectacularly simple and crowd-pleasing Summer dessert. To celebrate the solstice, and kick off the start of Summer, I made you a sweet cherry almond tart, something sweet to eat while you lap up these extra golden hours of daylight.