Cherry-Almond Coffee Cake
Prep Time
minutes
Cook Time
minutes
Total Time
minutes
Serving
size
Recipe by Michelle of The Village Cook.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Greek style vanilla yogurt (plain may be substituted)
- 4 tbsp butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1/2 can cherry pie filling
- 1 tbs almond liquor (optional)
- 4 tbs cream cheese
Topping:
- 2 tbs butter, cold
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3 tbs sliced almonds (optional)
Icing:
- 1 tbs milk
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
Preparation
Topping:
- In a small bowl, combine and crumble sugar, flour, and cold butter until mixture looks like small pebbles. Set aside.
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Grease a 9" round pan or individual pie pans
- In a bowl or mixer, combine the sugar and butter until creamy
- Add the egg and yogurt
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda
- Gently combine the two mixtures and stir in the extracts
- Combine cherries with almond liquor (optional)
- Pour cake mix into prepared pans and add the cherry filling mix evenly on top of batter
- Use a knife to gently swirl it to create a marbleized effect
- Add cream cheese, in small sized dollops on top of cake
- Sprinkle reserved topping evenly on top of unbaked cake. If using almonds, add them to cake top
- Bake for 30-35 minutes. Allow cake to cool before drizzling with icing
For icing:
- Combine powdered sugar and milk in a bowl and drizzle over cooled cake
Notes: It might take a few more minutes to bake depending on the depth of your pan. Serve with an ice-cold glass of Florida milk or with your café con leche in the morning or afternoon snack.




