Do l really need vermouth, Bakers can you help.

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Ian in charge of Christmas dessert this year, l usually do the starter, l make lovely soups, roasted pears all kinds, but this year l drew the desserts. I am not a big dessert eater but feel like l want to make some thing a bit better than my normal cheesecake/ carrot cake or meringue.

l have chosen to do a cherry and ricotta cake only it asks for cherry Vermouth.l have been every where and l just can’t find any at a reasonable price, could l just use a cherry juice? I know this tge maddest question but can’t make head nor tail of the answers on google.

Do l need to bring cream with this cake?
thanks any help would’ve appreciated.

I'd choose something else to make.

Cherry vermouth is a bit niche!

You could probably sub it for cherry juice, but I'd probably go Amaretto/ok, Aldi own brand version.

But why pick a recipe where you cant get the ingredients?

This Waitrose recipe doesn't mention Vermouth.

Yes to the cream. Better to have it and not want it, than want it and not have it.

AI says a sweet vermouth can substitute...

In the UK, Cherry Vermouth often refers to the popular Romanian Angelli Cherry Vermouth, a sweet, wine-based aperitif infused with cherry, readily available on Amazon and specialist sites like Romanian Drinks. While Angelli is the most prominent, other premium sweet vermouths, such as Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, offer rich cherry notes alongside complex spice and citrus, making them great for cocktails like Negronis or sipping chilled

I've not heard of cherry vermouth before. Could you substitute it with a strawberry or raspberry liqueur?

I havent found any recipes for cherry and ricotta cakes that ask for it just having searched, but AI says that apparently vermouth enhances the cherry flavour

@TroysMammy l did think this 🤣🤣🤣

l got the recipe from a hairdressers magazine a few months ago and me and my daughter were going to make it for some occasion and we didn’t, when l drew the desserts my daughter was like let’s make that cherry cake, l never really thought that l wouldn’t be able to get the ingredients. Anyway my recipe is the same as the Waitrose one @senua has linked so l am just going to leave it out.

Thank you all, l am practising it tomorrow to try out on my co workers first.

Would cherry brandy work?

Do you have link to your recipe?

Hi @timestressed l only have a photo of my recipe that l don’t know how to link but it’s just the same as @senua waitrose link . My is in the oven now.