Cherry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Recipe
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
-
Streusel
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons sliced almonds
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Cream Cheese
- 4 ounces light cream cheese, softened (Neufchatel)
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
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Cake
- 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2⁄3 cup 2% low-fat milk
- 2 cups pitted cherries (about 10 ounces)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F Coat a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
- To prepare the streusel, combine flour, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or two knives until crumbly. Stir in almonds.
- To prepare the cream cheese, combine cream cheese and granulated sugar; stir until smooth.
- To prepare the cake, beat butter, granulated sugar, egg, and vanilla and almond extracts until evenly blended. Turn to low speed, add flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk; beat until blended. Pour into prepared pan. Top with small spoonfuls of cheese mixture. Top with cherries and sprinkle with streusel.
- Bake 50 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan. Cool on wire rack. Serve warm.
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