Giuseppe's Amarena Cherry Cake recipe - The Great British Bake Off

Ingredients

• 150g dried morello cherries
• 200ml white rum
• 420g strong white bread flour
• 12g fast-action dried yeast
• 150ml whole milk, warmed
• 3 large eggs
• 2 large egg yolks
• 70g caster sugar
• 190g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• heaped ¼ tsp salt
• 180g amarena cherries, plus extra to decorate
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 50g flaked almonds
• 75g caster sugar
• 60g cornflour
• pinch of salt
• 3 tsp vanilla paste
• 400ml whole milk
• 200ml double cream
• 50g unsalted butter
• 1 tbsp kirsch
• 120g unsalted butter
• 80g runny honey
• 130g icing sugar, sifted
• 1–2 tbsp whole milk
• ¼ tsp almond extract