Separate 4 eggs. Mix the flour, 100 g sugar and 1 packet of vanilla sugar. Add 4 egg yolks and fat in pieces. Knead first with the dough hooks of the hand mixer, then briefly with your hands until smooth. Cover and chill for approx. 30 minutes.
Grease the grease pan (approx. 32 x 39 cm; approx. 3.5 cm deep). Roll out the dough and prick it several times with a fork. Pre-bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/recirculating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3) for approx. 12 minutes
Drain the cherries and pat dry. Beat 10 egg whites and 1 pinch of salt until stiff in portions, while continuing to beat, adding 300 g sugar and 2 sachets of vanilla sugar. Keep beating until the sugar is completely dissolved. Fold in starch and cherries
Sprinkle almonds on the cake. Spread cherry meringue on top. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: level 2) for approx. 45 minutes (cover after approx. 15 minutes if necessary). Let them cool down. Dust with icing sugar