Sourcherrycake Recipes

SOUR CHERRY PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• In a bowl, stir together the flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, milk, and vegetable oil to make a smooth batter; scrape batter into the prepared baking dish.
• In a separate bowl, stir the cherries with 1 cup of sugar and the almond extract; spoon the cherry mixture over the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

SOUR CHERRY CRUMB CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking dish, and dust with flour, tapping out excess.
• Make the topping: Stir together butter, flour, sugars, salt, and cinnamon.
• Make the cakes: Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. With a mixer, cream butter and granulated sugar in another bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Working in alternating batches, add flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat until just combined. Pour into prepared dish, and smooth with an offset spatula. Dot top with cherries, and sprinkle with crumb topping.
• Bake until golden and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool before cutting.

SOUR CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease an 8"x8" square pan.
• In bowl of a mixer fitted with a whisk, beat together the eggs and sugar until light yellow and fluffy.
• Add margarine and vanilla, stir to combine.
• Mix in cocoa, flour, and baking powder.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Press cherries into the top of the batter.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until set.

SOUR CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Lightly butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt or tube pan and set it aside (or 2 loaf pans)
• In a small bowl, mix the cherries with 1/2 cup of the sugar. Let the mixture steep while you prepare the batter for the cake
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and salt. Set aside.
• Put the butter in the bowl of a standing mixer and beat on medium speed to combine.
• Add the remaining 3 cups of sugar, a half-cup at a time, and beat at high speed until light and airy, 5 full minutes
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
• Beat in the vanilla.
• Change the speed to medium and alternately add the flour and salt mixture and the mascarpone or sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until incorporated.
• Drain the cherries, reserving the syrup that collects in the bowl.
• With a rubber or silicon spatula, fold the cherries into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and shake lightly to even out the top..
• Bake until cake is golden brown and a cake tester inserted in the cake comes out clean, 1 hour 15 minutes.
• While the cake is baking, put the reserved cherry syrup in a small saucepan and boil for about 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Strain and reserve the liquid.
• When the cake is done, place the pan on a cooling rack and cool for 20 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan.
• While it is still warm, brush the top and sides with the warm cherry syrup. The cake will absorb the syrup.
• Let the cake cool to room temperature. To serve, transfer the cake to a decorative platter or cake stand. Dust with confectioners' sugar