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.
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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