Cherry Amaretto "Plumcake"

Plumcake is a bit of a misnomer, as there are no plums in this cherry-studded cake. It’s a term the Italians borrowed from the British, who use it to describe dense cakes made with dried fruit and spices. In Italian baking, it essentially means a cake baked in a rectangular tin—what we in the U.S. might refer to as a snacking cake or a loaf cake, even a…