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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake |
For this recipe I used:
Cake:
1 Stick (4 oz.) of Unsalted-Butter
2 Cups of All Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon of Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon of Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon of Salt
1 Cup of Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
1 Cup of Sour Cream*
1 Cup of Frozen Sour Cherries* – thawed and drained
Streusel Topping:
9 Tablespoons of All Purpose Flour
3 Tablespoons of Brown Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
2 1/2 Oz. Unsalted Butter
1/4 Teaspoon of Salt
Milk Glaze*:
1 Cup of Confectioners Sugar
2 Tablespoons of Milk
See bakers notes
I started by gathering the ingredients, buttering a tube pan, and pre-heating the oven to 350˚.
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Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook |
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Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Ingredients |
I an a bowl I sifted the flour, the baking soda, the baking powder, and the salt together and set it aside.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Sifting the Flour |
Next I made the streusel by combining all of the ingredients in a bowl and used a pastry blender to mix well. I stored the bowl in the fridge until it was needed.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Streusel Topping |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Streusel Topping |
In a large bowl I mixed the butter, sugar, and eggs together until smooth. This will take up to 5 minutes – longer if the butter is on the cool side. I then mixed in the vanilla extract*. See bakers notes for the vanilla.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Blending the Butter, Sugar, & Eggs |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding the Vanilla |
I then mixed the flour and sour cream in an alternating sequence. 3 flour additions and 2 sour cream additions. Starting and ending with the sour cream.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding 1/3 of the Flour Mixture |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding 1/2 of the Sour Cream |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding the second 1/3 of the Flour Mixture |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding the rest of the Sour Cream |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding the rest of the Flour Mixture |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake — Just barely mixed |
After the batter was barely mixed I finished mixing everything in with a spatula.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Finished mixing by hand |
I added 1/2 of the batter to the tube pan and smoothed it out. I then added the sour cherries evenly spread out. The picture in the book looked like it had more cherries.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding the Sour Cherries |
I topped the cherries with the rest of the batter and smoothed everything out again.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Adding the rest of the Batter |
I added the streusel to the top of the cake the put the pan in the oven.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Topped with Streusel |
I baked the cake for 40 minutes then check it. It needed another 5 minutes.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Just out of the oven |
I removed the cake form the oven and let it sit on a cooling rack for 15 minutes. I used a small pallet knife to loosen the cake from the pan then flipped it our on the cooling rack. I then flipped the cake again, so the streusel top was upright, then let the cake cool for 2 hours.
Once the cake was cool I mixed the milk glaze. I drizzled the glaze on the cake and let it dry.
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Milk Glaze Ingredients |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Mixing the Milk Glaze |
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Cherry-Streusel Coffee Cake – Topped with the Milk Glaze |
“*” Bakers Notes:
- I think 1-1/2 cups of sour cherries would work. Any more and the cake will be too soggy.
- I mixed the vanilla in at this time. The recipe said to mix it in with the butter eggs and vanilla.
- The recipe for this cake can also be found here.
Sadly I did not get a full taste of the cake. I was told it was great. I did taste some crumbs of cake that were stuck on the centre tube of the pan – where I had not buttered enough. Any reason to make another!
I just love crumb cakes, and the streusel on this little number looks mouth-watering. The fruity addition really sets it apart from the rest.
Thanks for your kind comment Hannah. Can;t wait until I actually try this!
I love anything with streusel and cherries so I can totally see why it was such a hit! 😀
Always a deadly combination! Thank you for your comment.
I'm not surprised everyone loved it, it sounds and looks delicious!
Thanks for your kind comment Vera!
Wow, this looks fabulous! I am vegan, but I love to scout out delicious dessert recipes to veganize. This would work wonderfully. I also appreciate your notes at the end. I find that when I'm working with a recipe for the first time, I also have a few tweaks I would make.
Thanks Mama… I always think that you, the reader, has invested their time in reading about my baking escapades and deserve some additional follow up. Thanks again for your kind comment!