Natural glace cherries from Whitworths for your christmas cake ? (Whitworths Natural French Glace Cherries)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Whitworths Natural French Glace Cherries
Date:	06/10/09 (106 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: They are good

Disadvantages: price

As well as the Tesco natural glace cherries, Tesco also sell Whitworths French Glace Cherries natural colour. These are available in a 200g pot for £1.97 making them 78p a pot more expensive than the Tesco ones I wrote about recently. I did buy both the pots at the same time to compare as I shall soon be making my Christmas cake.

The pots are an identical clear plastic see through the lid on the Whitworths is a clear see through one too. It has a bright red label pronouncing that it contains Whitworth's cherries. There are 324 kcal to 1`00g of Whitworth's glace cherries'
Breaking the seal on the lid I open and try one. It tastes good, sweet, do I think its better /different to the Tesco ones?

There is such a slight difference I think the Whitworths one might just be slightly better a slightly, minutely stronger cherry flavour but only just. The texture and size of the cherries is about the same as the Tesco ones. The texture is slightly leathery chewy, not plump and moist. There is some sweet stickiness about then.

I would use these for the same recipes as the Tesco ones Christmas cakes and puddings, cheery cakes and scones. Like all glace cherries there is a possibility that they will sink to the bottom of the cake so toss in flour or corn flour as several members here on dooyoo advise to stop this.
My granddaughter does not like dried fruits so when I make a batch of fruit scones for family visits then I often make a few cherry ones

My recipe 225g SR flour, tblsp sugar, 75g butter or marge 1 egg , 50ml milk, 75g glace cherries
Weigh flour and rub in the butter add the sugar stir in chopped cherries add the beaten egg and milk except for 1 tbsp of milk use this to glaze scones. Mix to make soft dough. roll out till 2 cm thick / nearly 1 inch cut into required shape then bake for about 9 minutes. Oven temperature 220c
These are great warm.
I think these cherries make pretty good cakes and scones but I really do not think they are worth the extra money over Tesco's own.

Whitworths is a producer that has been supplying dried fruits and glace cherries for many years , I remember my mum buying this variety of fruits . The fruits they produce and dry are of a good quality these cherries no exception.

However the price will determine my purchase

If you haven't already and would like to know what I think of the Tesco natural glace cherries My review on those is published 2 reviews earlier than this one

Summary: natural coloured glace cherries