Description
Bake this quick cherry coffee cake for a sweet morning treat — ready in 45 minutes!
Ingredients
– All-purpose flour – 2 cups 🌾
– Granulated sugar – 3/4 cup 🍬
– Unsalted butter (softened) – 1/2 cup 🧈
– Eggs – 2 large 🥚
– Baking powder – 2 tsp 🧪
– Salt – 1/4 tsp 🧂
– Milk – 1/2 cup 🥛
– Vanilla extract – 1 tsp 🍶
– Pitted cherries – 1 1/2 cups 🍒
– Ground cinnamon – 1 tsp 🌰
– Powdered sugar (optional) – 2 tbsp 🍰
Instructions
1 Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease an 8-inch pan.
2 Cream the softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
3 Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
4 Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl.
5 Alternate adding dry mixture and milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
6 Gently fold in the pitted cherries.
7 Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
8 Bake for 30–35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
9 Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
10 Dust with powdered sugar before serving if desired.