Sour Cream Cherry Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup fat-free sour cream
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon zest
- 1/2 cup best quality cherry preserves
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter two 8-inch-square cake pans. In a large mixer bowl, beat butter with sugar until well combined. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add sour cream and mix thoroughly.
- In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Batter will be stiff.
- Stir in vanilla, zest and cherry preserves. Spread batter in pans. Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Makes 2 cakes.