Halve the cherries. Set aside about 1 tbsp. cherries and 1 tsp. each of candied lemon peel, candied orange peel and almonds for decoration. Mix the rest of the cherries, lemon peel, candied orange peel and almonds.
Melt the butter. Pour in milk, warm up lukewarm. Crumble yeast into it, dissolve in it. Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar, orange peel, and 1⁄2 spread tsp. salt in a mixing bowl.
Add milk mixture and eggs. Knead everything smooth with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Knead the fruit-almond mixture into the dough. Cover the dough and leave it to rise in a warm place for about 1 ¼ hours.
Grease a small springform pan (20 cm Ø). Place a strip of baking paper (approx. 25 x 70 cm) from the inside of the tin on the rim of the tin so that a rim of approx. 25 cm is created. Fold a 2.20 m long piece of aluminium foil three times so that it is a good 70 cm long.
Reinforce the baking paper strip with it from the outside and fold the ends firmly together (see photo below).
Knead the dough briefly with your hands, fill into the form, leave to rise for about 30 minutes. In the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: level 2) on the lowest rail (gas: see
oven manufacturer) approx. 1 1⁄4 hours bake. Leave to cool on the cake rack in the springform pan.
Sift icing sugar, mix with lemon juice and approx. 1 tbsp. water to make a thick icing. Spread the cake with it and let it run a little over the edge. Quarter the rest of the cherries. Decorate the cake with the rest of the candied fruit and almonds.
Let the cast dry.