Healthy Chocolate Cherry Coffee Cake Recipes

OVERNIGHT CHERRY-CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch pie plate. For streusel topping, in a medium bowl, stir together the 2/3 cup flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon. Using a pastry blender, cut in the 1/3 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in chocolate pieces and dried cherries. Set aside.
• In a bowl, stir together the 1 cup flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large mixing bowl, beat the 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs and sour cream; beat until combined.
• Add flour mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Spread half of the batter into pie plate. Sprinkle with half of the streusel mixture. Spread on remaining batter and top with remaining streusel topping. Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 24 hours.
• Uncover. Tent with foil and bake in a 350 degree F oven for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.

CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour a 10 inch tube pan. Place cherries in a bowl and toss gently with 2 tablespoons flour. Set aside.
• Stir together the flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Beat together the oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until smooth in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the flour mixture until smooth. Fold in the cherries. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a serving plate or wire rack.

CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/2 cups cake mix, flour, and yeast in a bowl.
• Add warm water, stirring until smooth.
• Stir in eggs.
• Spoon batter into a greased 13 x9 inch pan.
• Spoon pie filling evenly over batter; set aside.
• Cut butter into remaining cake mix with a fork until mixture is crumbly- Sprinkle or pie filling.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.
• Cool in pan on wire rack.
• Combine powdered sugar, corn syrup and water for glaze and drizzle over cake.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHIP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Add eggs, coffee, milk, oil and vanilla. Beat until smooth (batter will be thin).
• Fold in cherries and chocolate chips. Pour batter into 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. It's best to leave it in the pan, because the chips and the cherries sort of sink to the bottom and solidify and will stick big time! Frost with white buttercream.
• For the frosting: In a large bowl, combine butter, confectioners sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and vanilla. Cream with an electric mixer. Add milk by the tablespoon until frosting is smooth.