Butter and flour 3 small or 2 larger bundt pans. In each wedge in the pans place a cherry or almond slice.

Cream butter, egg yolks and 2 cups sugar less 2 tablespoons until smooth and light lemon color. Add condensed milk, lemon zest and vanilla and blend well.

Sift flour and baking powder together. Add currants and mix lightly to blend. Set aside.

Using a whisk attachment, whip egg whites. When they are still soft but blended, slowly add in the 2 tablespoons of sugar. Whip until the whites have firm, but not dry peaks.

Fold about 1/4 of the batter into the egg whites and blend as carefully as possible. Now blend the egg/batter mixture into the balance of the batter, blending until there are no more streaks.

Fold in flour mixture as lightly as possible. Batter will be thick. Spoon in to pans. Using a flat spatula or knife, even out the batter.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 300 and bake 30 more minutes or until cakes spring back when touched. If you are using two pans instead of three, add 10 minutes at 350 and 5 -10 minutes at 300 degrees.

Cool on racks for 5 – 10 minutes. You can then invert and remove onto plates or, as soon as cakes are on racks, carefully poke holes in cakes and sprinkle Kirschwasser or another favorite liqueur onto cakes, and then remove cakes from pans.

When the cakes are completely cool, dust with powdered sugar.