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["Preheat oven 350", "Line a baking tray with parchment paper.", "Beat the butter with the sugars until smooth.", "Add the salt & baking powder as you mix", "Add the vanilla & almond extracts.", "Beat in the eggs until smooth and gradually add the ap & almond flour till completely incorporated.", "The dough will be very sticky.", "With a rubber spatula mix in the almonds & cherries.", "Transfer the dough to the baking sheet & divide it into 2 evenly.", "Form it to about 2""x10""x3/4"" logs.", "Use a brush slightly dampened to smooth it along the top & sides.", "Square it off as best you can.", "Bake for 25 minutes", "I use the water at this point when I remove it from the oven to soften the crust to ease the slicing.", "If you choose to do this just brush it down lightly with water & wait 5 minutes", "Reduce the heat to 315", "Cut to about 3/4"" slices & set them onto baking sheet on a cut edge.", "Return them to the oven.", "Bake for another 25 minutes or until they turn a golden color.", "Pull them out and let cool on a rack.", "Make yourself a coffee / cappuccino & image sitting in a cafe in Venice dipping these little goodies.", ";)"]