Cherry Vanilla Coffee Cake Recipes

CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour a 10 inch tube pan. Place cherries in a bowl and toss gently with 2 tablespoons flour. Set aside.
• Stir together the flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Beat together the oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until smooth in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the flour mixture until smooth. Fold in the cherries. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a serving plate or wire rack.

CHERRY-CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Make the streusel: Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and bake until toasted, 5 to 7 minutes; let cool and transfer to a food processor. Add the sugar, butter, flour, cinnamon, orange zest and cocoa powder and pulse until the nuts are ground and the mixture starts to clump. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Make the filling: Toss the cherries, almond extract and cherry liqueur, if using, in a bowl. Stir in the flour and sugar.
• Make the cake: Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the sour cream and vanilla and almond extracts. Beat the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth, about 5 minutes. Scrape down the bowl. Beat in the eggs one at a time, until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Beat in half of the flour mixture on low speed until almost incorporated, then beat in half of the sour cream mixture. Beat in the remaining flour mixture, then the sour cream mixture; finish mixing the batter by hand (do not overmix).
• Butter the bottom and sides of a 10-inch springform pan. Spread half of the batter in the pan. Sprinkle half of the streusel on top, then cover with the cherry filling. Drop spoonfuls of the remaining batter on top of the cherries and smooth with the back of a spoon. Top with the remaining streusel.
• Bake on the lower oven rack until the cake springs back in the center when pressed, about 1 hour, 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool. Run a knife around the inside of the pan, then remove the side.

CHERRY-VANILLA COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Reserve 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar for later use; beat butter and remaining granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla; beat until blended. Gradually beat in remaining ingredients except cherries and powdered sugar.
• Pour into 9-inch round pan sprayed with cooking spray. Top with cherries; sprinkle with reserved granulated sugar.
• Bake 55 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

CHERRY SWIRL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the sugar, butter, shortening, extracts, baking powder and eggs. Beat on low speed until blended; beat on high for 3 minutes. Stir in flour. , Spread two-thirds of the batter into a greased 15-1/2-in. x 10-1/2-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Spread pie filling over batter; drop remaining batter by tablespoonful over filling. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until golden. Combine the confectioners' sugar and milk; drizzle over coffee cake. Serve warm.

CHERRY AND HAZELNUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with a round of parchment.
• 2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl. In another large bowl, beat the butter and granulated sugar with an electric hand-held mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well. At low speed, mix the flour mixture into the eggs in three batches, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour, until just combined. Scoop the batter into the cake pan. Smooth out the top and scatter the cherries and hazelnuts evenly over the batter. Sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.
• 3. Bake the cake until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a rack, remove the parchment, invert and cool completely. Serve.

CHERRY CRESCENT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla just until combined; set aside., Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles. Set four triangles aside. Place remaining triangles on a greased 14-in. pizza pan, forming a ring with wide ends facing outer edge of pan and pointed ends toward the center; leave a 3-in. hole in the center. Lightly press seams together. , Spread cream cheese mixture over dough to within 1/2 in. of edges. Top with pie filling to within 1/2 in. of cream cheese edges. Cut reserved triangles into thirds, starting at the wide end and ending at the point. Arrange over pie filling with points facing outer edge of pan, forming spokes. Press ends at center and outer edges to seal. , Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Combine remaining confectioners' sugar and enough milk to achieve drizzling consistency; drizzle over coffee cake.

GLAZED CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10x14-inch jelly roll pan.
• Mix sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl. Combine flour and baking powder in another bowl. Add to sugar mixture and mix until well blended.
• Pour 3/4 of the batter into the prepared pan. Spoon cherry pie filling over the batter. Spoon remaining batter on top of pie filling (it won't cover it all).
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Combine powdered sugar and milk in a bowl for frosting. Drizzle on top of coffee cake. Let cool slightly before cutting and serving.

CHERRY VANILLA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 13 x 9 pan.
• Mix cherry pie filling and cake mix together by hand.
• Add rest of ingredients and stir by hand until well mixed.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes or until top is golden brown.
• I usually do not frost this cake, I dust it with confectioners sugar.

AWARD WINNING CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 11x15 inch jelly roll pan.
• In a lrg bowl, beat sugar, butter, shortening, baking powder, vanilla extract, almond extract & eggs on low until incorporated . then on high for 3 minutes. Stir in flour.
• Spread 2/3 of batter in pan. Spread pie filling evenly over batter. Drop the remaining batter evenly in dollops over pie filling.
• Bake till toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (about 45 minutes). Drizzle w/glaze while still warm.