If you like something sweet with your morning coffee, try this cherry coffee cake for a real treat. This would be good as a dessert with ice cream, too. The recipe is versatile in that you could use different pie fillings such as blackberry, blueberry, apple, pineapple or whatever you like.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time55 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast, Cake
Cuisine: American, southern
Keyword: cherry coffee cake
Servings: 9servings
Author: The Southern Lady Cooks
Ingredients
1 1/4cupsall-purpose flour
1/2cupwhite granulated sugar
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/4teaspoonbaking soda
8tablespoonsbutter or 1 stick or 1/2 cupmelted
1/2cupmilk
1egg
1teaspoonvanilla extract
120 ounce can cherry pie filling
1teaspoonlemon extract
Crumble Topping
1/2cupall-purpose flour
2tablespoonsbuttermelted
Instructions
Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Stir in melted butter, milk, egg and vanilla extract.
Spray a 9 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray and spread the flour mixture in bottom of the dish evenly. Mix the lemon extract with the cherry pie filling and spread over flour mixture.
Crumble Instructions
Mix together until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle on top of cherry pie filling.
Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 55 to 60 minutes until crumb topping is brown and bubbly
Notes
You can combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar and a couple tablespoons milk and drizzle over cooled cake if desired or just leave it plain.