Drain the cherries and collect the juice. Measure out about 700 ml. Stir pudding powder, vanilla sugar and 5 tbsp. juice until smooth.
Boil up the rest of the juice, stir in the powder. Simmer for about 1 minute while stirring. Fold in cherries. Let cool off
Roast almonds, mix mascarpone, curd, sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice. Whip cream until semi-stiff, fold in. Break the sponge roughly. Layer everything with compote, sprinkle sponge cake with coffee. Chill for at least 1 hour. Decorate