Cherry Almond Coffee Cake |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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A wonderful coffee cake topped with sliced almonds and with spoonfuls of cherry pie filling baked in the center. Note: Cook time is actually 1 hour and 5 minutes. Recipe from Bon Appetit. Ingredients:
1 cup sugar |
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature |
2 eggs |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1/2 teaspoon almond extract |
2 cups flour |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 cup sour cream |
10 ounces cans cherry pie filling |
1/2 cup thinly sliced almonds (2oz) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350° and butter a 10 diameter springform pan.
2. Beat sugar and butter together until light, then add eggs, vanilla and almond extracts.
3. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into another bowl.
4. Mix half of dry ingredients into butter mixture, then add sour cream, then add remaining dry ingredients.
5. Pour 2/3 of batter into prepared pan.
6. Drop pie filling by tablespoons over batter evenly.
7. Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over pie filling and using back of spoon, carefully spread batter over filling.
8. Sprinkle with almonds and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
9. Cool in pan on rack, then cut around sides of pan and remove cake from pan.
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