Sour cherries in coffee cake sounded perfect given the wonderful frozen pie cherries in my freezer. I did not have a recipe for a cherry coffee cake but was delighted to find this recipe. Perfect for a Sunday brunch and perhaps leftover for breakfast during the week.
CHERRY CRUMBLE COFFEE CAKE
TOPPING
2 ounces (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
CAKE
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups (1 pound) fresh sour cherries, pitted, or frozen dark sweet cherries
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups (1 pound) fresh sour cherries, pitted, or frozen dark sweet cherries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking dish, and dust with flour, tapping out excess.
- Make the topping: Stir together butter, flour, sugars, salt, and cinnamon.
- Make the cakes: Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. With a mixer, cream butter and granulated sugar in another bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Working in alternating batches, add flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat until just combined. Pour into prepared dish, and smooth with a spatula.
- Dot top with cherries, and sprinkle with crumb topping.
- Bake until golden and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. (Note from Cathy: My oven tends to bake hot so about 50 minutes worked for me). Let cool before serving.
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