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    Cherry-Almond Coffee Cake


    Source of Recipe


    BBR

    Recipe Introduction


    This recipe was printed in Bon Appetit, November 1995. It is a winner!

    List of Ingredients




    1 cup sugar
    1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp (1 stick)
    2 large eggs
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1/2 tsp almond extract
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    1 tsp baking powder
    1 tsp baking soda
    1/2 tsp salt
    1 cup sour crean
    1/2 can of cherry pie filling
    1/2 cup thinly sliced almonds (about 2 oz)

    Recipe



    Preheat ovent to 350 degrees. Butter a 10-inch diameter springform pan. Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl until light. Add eggs, vanilla extract and almond extract and beat well. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl. Mix half of the dry ingredients into butter mixture. Mix in sour cream, then remaining dry ingredients.

    Pour 2/3 of the batter (about 2 cups) into prepared pan. Drop pie filling by tablespoons evenly over batter. Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over p-pie filling. Using back of spoon, carefully spread batter over filling. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.

    (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover with foil and store at room temperature.) Cut around sides of pan. Remove pan. Serves 12

    Number Of Servings:12

 

 

 


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