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    Home » Recipes

    Cherry Loaf Cake with Sweet Black Cherries

    by Patti Estep · Sep 29, 2023

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    This delicious cherry cake recipe is made with sweet black cherries in a loaf pan for breakfast, dessert, or a yummy snack any time of day.

    A cherry loaf cake on parchment with a few slices.

    Cherry is one of my favorite flavors and every summer I can't get enough dark cherries to snack on. Unfortunately, they only come around for such a short time. So this year I used some of our last bag to make a delicious cake with plenty of cherry flavor.

    Bowl of black sweet cherries.

    Ingredients You'll Need

    • Black cherries (around 40)
    • Flour
    • Baking powder
    • Salt
    • Sugar
    • Butter 
    • Eggs
    • Sour cream
    • Vanilla extract
    • Organic sugar, demerara sugar, or brown sugar for dusting
    Using a straw to push the pit out of a cherry.

    How to Pit Fresh Cherries

    I used a lot of fresh sweet cherries. Around 40 in all.

    Pitting the cherries was definitely the hardest part. However, you can do this pretty easily with a straw. Just push it through the middle where the stem was and it will pop out the seed.

    A small bowl with halved black cherries and a larger one with chopped black cherries.

    After pitting cut some in half to decorate the top of the cake. The rest can be roughly chopped.

    A loaf pan lined with parchment paper with batter and a layer of chopped cherries.

    If you have parchment paper you can line your loaf pan (see above). It makes lifting out the cake so easy.

    To keep the cherries from sinking try layering them. I've tried the "coat them in flour trick" but I haven't had much success with that idea. However, I found using a lot of fruit and layering some in the middle and a few on top worked pretty well.

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    Cherry loaf cake with halved cherries on top ready to go into the oven.

    I also sprinkled some organic sugar on top before baking. However, you could skip this step or use granulated sugar, demerara sugar, or even brown sugar.

    Cherry cake in a loaf pan fresh from the oven on a cooling rack.

    Isn't it beautiful? It reminds me a little of an olive loaf but it tastes much better.

    Cherry cake out of the loaf pan with a few slices and fresh cherries around the cake.

    Slice it and serve with a little vanilla ice cream on the side for dessert. Offer it to your overnight guests for breakfast. Or simply enjoy a slice anytime you want.

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    More Loaf Pan Recipes

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    Cherry loaf cake with a few slices.
    A cherry loaf cake on parchment with a few slices.

    Cherry Loaf Cake Recipe

    Make a delicious loaf cake with sweet dark cherries while they are still in season for breakfast, snacking, or a sweet dessert.
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8
    Calories 336 kcal

    Equipment

    • loaf pan 9 x 5
    • hand or stand electric mixer

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cups black cherries (around 40)
    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 cup sugar
    • 1/2 cup butter room temperature
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1/2 cup sour cream
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 tablespoon organic sugar, powdered sugar, demerra sugar or brown sugar

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    • Pit the cherries.
    • Cut about 6 cherries in half and reserve for the top.
    • Roughly chop the remaining cherries.
    • Line a 9 x 5 loaf pan with parchment and spray sides with cooking spray.
    • Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in one bowl. Set aside
    • In another large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar with a mixer for a few minutes until light and creamy.
    • Add eggs one at a time mixing between each egg.
    • Add vanilla and sour cream and mix well.
    • Add flour mixture in thirds until just combined.
    • Fold in 1/2 of the cherries into the batter.
    • Pour 1/2 of the batter into the bottom of the prepared loaf pan.
    • Sprinkle the remaining cherries on top.
    • Scrape the sides of the bowl and spread the remaining cake batter over the cherry layer.
    • Place the reserved halved cherries on top.
    • Sprinkle organic, demerara sugar, or brown sugar on top.
    • Bake for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
    • Allow the cherry cake to cool on a wire rack.
    • Remove by pulling up the parchment paper.
    • Cut and serve.

    Notes

    You could substitute black cherries with red and gold rainier cherries, sour cherries, or even maraschino cherries, however, I think dark cherries look and taste the best.
    I sprinkled the top with a little organic sugar before baking. However, you could use a different type of sugar, or dust with powdered sugar once the cake has cooled.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 336kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 6gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 100mgSodium: 372mgPotassium: 124mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 864IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 2mg

    Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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