Cherry Upside Down Coffee Cake
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Serves: 6-8 slices
 
This recipe is coffee cake meets cherry pie. It's a gooey cherries layered on a dense cake, with surprise coffee cake streusel on the bottom. Perfect treat for breakfast or brunch!
Ingredients
  • For the cherries
  • 2½ cups cherries, pitted and halved
  • 3 tablespoons butter melted
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon corn starch
  • For the cake
  • 1 stick butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup of flour
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ⅓ cup milk
  • For the streusel
  • ¼ cup flour
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup pecans, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9 inch round pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
  2. In the pan, stir together cherries, 3 tablespoons of melted butter, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, and corn starch. Spread into one even layer. Bake for 20 minutes.
  3. While cherries are baking, make the cake and streusel. In a stand mixer fixed with paddle attachment, cream together room temperature butter and sugar on medium speed for about two minutes until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and mix for another 30 seconds.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 cup of flour, ½ teaspoon of cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a measuring cup or small bowl, mix together sour cream and milk.
  5. Add half of the flour mixture to the butter and sugar, mix on low until just combined. Add sour cream and milk, mix. Add the rest of the flour mixture and scrape down the bowl. Mixing just until combined. Batter will be very thick.
  6. To make the streusel, whisk together the ¼ cup flour, ¼ cup brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon in a small bowl. Stir in melted butter. The streusel will be coarse and crumbly.
  7. When the cherries are done cooking, remove from oven. Spread cake batter evenly over the cherries, do not mix. Sprinkle streusel mixture over top.
  8. Return to oven for an additional 40-50 minutes or until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool about 15 minutes in the pan on a wire rack.
  9. To remove from the pan, run a knife around the edge of the cake, and invert on a wire rack. Put a sheet pan under the rack to catch any extra juices or crumbs. Cool completely, serve.
Recipe by Work. Cook. Eat. at https://www.workcookeat.com/cherry-upside-coffee-cake/