Cherry Kuchen (Pronounced Ku-Kah by My Family)
Old family recipe for a coffee cake with fruit topping from a region in Russia where a community of Germans lived. This is my father's version of the recipe which is almost sugar-free. Very good served warm with vanilla bean frozen yogurt or ice cream.
READY IN: 1hr 10mins
SERVES: 12
YIELD: 2 9x9 inch coffee cakes
UNITS: US
INGREDIENTS
NutritionDough Ingredients
- 2beaten eggs
- 3⁄4
- 1(1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
- 4cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2cup butter
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons cardamom powder
Topping Ingredients
- 1
- 1⁄4cup butter
- 1 1⁄2cups flour
- 1⁄2
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DIRECTIONS
- Add water to beaten eggs and dissolve dry yeast in this mixture. Let all these ingredients rest refrigerated for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, blend with a pastry blender or by hand flour, salt, sugar, butter and cardamom.
- In a large mixing bowl, make a ring of blended flour. Pour chilled yeast mixture into the center and work it into dry ingredients. Knead until smooth, about 2 minutes. Form dough into ball and let rest, covered for about 20 minutes.
- Roll out dough into 2 9x9 baking dishes. Push edges of dough up against dish to prevent fruit topping from spilling.
- For topping, spread cherries over top of dough. With a pasty blender or fork, cut butter into flour and sugar until small crumbs of mixture are formed. Sprinkle crumb mixture over top of cherries.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes until topping begins to golden.
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