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Sour Cherry Cobbler Coffee Cake
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Sour Cherry Cobbler Coffee Cake

Summery, delightful, delicious Sour Cherry Cobbler Coffee Cake! Microwave it for 20 seconds to get it right out of the oven bakery fresh.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: breakfast, brunch, cheesecake, cherry, coffee cake, sour cherries
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Author: Kim Lange

Ingredients

Streusel Crumb Topping

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ cup unsalted butter

Sour Cherry Coffee Cake:

  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • ¾ cup canola oil of oil of choice
  • ¾ cup Greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 & ¾ cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen sour cherries add 1 tablespoon flour/1 tablespoon sugar to coat cherries, if cherries are fresh, rinse and then coat in flour/sugar mixture before adding to cake

Vanilla Creme Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 to 3 teaspoons almond milk or milk of choice or cherry juice for Cherry Creme Glaze.

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9x9 baking pan with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray for easy removal. Set aside.

Streusel Crumb Topping

  • In a medium bowl, using a pastry cutter, cut through the sugar, flour, cinnamon and butter until you get small, coarse crumbs. You can also use a food processor. Set aside.

Sour Cherry Coffee Cake

  • In a large bowl, add the eggs, oil, Greek yogurt, sugar, lemon juice: optional and mix together well with a whisk.
  • Add the flour, baking powder salt to the wet mixture and continue whisking until just combined.
  • Add 1 tablespoon flour/1 tablespoon sugar to coat cherries, if cherries are fresh, rinse and then coat in flour/sugar mixture before adding to cake).
  • Add to cake batter and fold in cherries about 3-4 times. Too much folding will over-mix cherries into batter.
  • Transfer cake batter to prepared baking pan and sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly on top of the cake.
  • Transfer to oven for 44-55 minutes, check for done-ness.

Vanilla Creme Glaze

  • Glaze if desired. Mix together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla and drizzle over cake after it's cooled.
  • Cake is awesome warmed up in the microwave for 20 seconds or so. Heavenly!