Cherry Nut Coffee Cake Recipes

CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Work in shortening. Add milk. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., For filling, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan. Drain cherries, reserving juice. Set cherries aside and add juice to saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat; stir in extract. Stir in cherries; cool slightly. Spread on dough., For topping, combine sugar, flour and cinnamon in a small bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly; sprinkle over filling. Bake until bubbly and golden brown, 50-55 minutes.

MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or one 9x13-inch cake pan.
• Reserve 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice. Coarsely chop the cherries to make 1/2 cup. Set aside.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and set aside.
• Beat shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium high speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1 1/3 cups white sugar and beat until well combined. Add the egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Combine 2/3 cup milk and reserved 1/4 cup cherry juice. Add the flour and milk mixture alternately to the shortening mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until just combined. Stir in the chopped cherries and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• In preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger or a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes for round cakes (or 30 to 35 minutes for a 9x13 inch pan). Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to cool completely.
• To make frosting: beat 3/4 cups butter in a large bowl till fluffy. Gradually add 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar; beat well. Slowly beat in 1/3 cup milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Gradually beat in the remaining 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar. Beat in additional milk (1 to 2 tablespoons) if needed, to make frosting of spreading consistency. If desired, tint the frosting pink by adding 6 drops of red food coloring.
• Once cake is completely cool, frost with butter frosting and decorate with maraschino cherries with stems.

CHERRY-NUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine butter and confectioner's sugar; cream well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in almond extract.
• Blend in flour mixture alternating with milk.
• Fold in maraschino cherries and nuts.
• Spoon batter evenly into a well-greased and floured tube pan (10" will work but better if a little smaller).
• Bake 55 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes.
• Brush melted butter on the top of the cake and sprinkle with a cinnamon sugar mixture (amount depends on how thick a cinnamon sugar mixture you'd like. I put a lot of butter on top so that I can get a nice layer of cinnamon sugar).
• Cool 20 minutes and carefully remove from pan so as not to disturb your cinnamon sugar topping.
• Cool completely.

CHERRY NUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• To make the topping: In a small bowl, add the sugar and flour.
• With a pastry blender, cut in the shortening until mixture is like coarse crumbs.
• Add in walnuts; stir and set aside.
• To make the cake: In a mixing bowl, cream the shortening, sugar, and vanilla.
• Add in the eggs, beating well.
• In another bowl, add the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir to combine.
• Add the dry mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream; stir well after each addition.
• Spread half of the batter into a greased 13x9 inch baking dish.
• Spread half of the pie filling evenly over the batter.
• Repeat layers.
• Sprinkle topping mixture evenly.
• Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes or until the top is browned and pick comes out clean.
• Let cool slightly.
• For glaze: In a small bowl, mix together the milk, powdered sugar, and vanilla; Drizzle over the coffee cake.
• Cut into squares and serve.