Place the cherries on a sieve and drain well. Mix the soft fat, 1 cup of sugar, vanilla sugar and Citro-Back for about 5 minutes with the whisks of the hand mixer until creamy. Add the eggs one after the other, stir well. Mix flour and baking powder and finally stir in briefly. Spread the dough on a greased, flour-dusted fat pan of the oven (approx. 32 x 37 cm) and spread the drained cherries on top.
Bake in the preheated oven, middle shelf (electric oven: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 25-30 minutes. After approx. 10 minutes, sprinkle the cake with flaked almonds and 4 -5 tablespoons of sugar and bake until done. Place the cake on a cake rack and let it cool down in the fat pan. Whipped cream tastes good with it