You tightly pack a large pudding basin with flour and then tip it out like a sandcastle onto a tray, place a glace cherry on the top, and then each person takes it in turns to slice a slither of flour from the 'pudding'.

To remove the syrup from glace cherries before using, put into a sieve and rinse under running water.

Tear the glace cherries into small pieces and add these to the mixing bowl too.

One type of cake that originated in Scotland is the Dundee Cake, a type of fruit cake which does not contain glace cherries.

Oh I don't like glace cherries no.

Well you can't make a wedding cake without glace cherries.

A Belgian bun is a sweet bun containing sultanas and usually topped with fondant icing and half a glace cherry.

The top is covered with white water icing, usually decorated with a glace cherry in the centre.

Sweets for Christmas For those who prefer Christmas fruitcake without the green glace cherries and bits of candied citron, Bakery Soutine, 106 West 70th Street, makes a moist, rich honey-bourbon cake with apricots, raisins and dates.