Here’s a traditional-style recipe for a Hungarian Sour Cherry Cake (Meggyes Piskóta)🇭🇺 – light, fluffy sponge cake topped with juicy sour cherries. This is a true Hungarian classic, often baked in summer when sour cherries are in season.
🍒 Hungarian Sour Cherry Cake (Meggyes Piskóta)
Ingredients:
1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 large eggs, separated
¾ cup (150 g) sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup (60 ml) sunflower oil (or mild vegetable oil)
¼ cup (60 ml) milk
Pinch of salt
2 cups pitted sour cherries (fresh or well-drained jarred/frozen)
