Simple Cherry Cake

Name: Simple Cherry Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups; Baking powder 1 tsp; Baking soda ½ tsp; Butter 2 oz; Sugar ¾ cup; Eggs 2; Greek yogurt ½ cup; Vanilla ½ tsp; Sweet Cherries 4 cups

with fresh dark sweet cherries

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1h 5m
Serves 10
Easy
350 °F
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Ingredients

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	1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
	1 tsp Baking powder
	½ tsp Baking soda
	2 oz Butter softened
	¾ cup Sugar
	2 Eggs
	½ cup Greek yogurt
	½ tsp Vanilla
	4 cups Sweet Cherries fresh, pitted, each cherry sliced in half

Nutritional information

221

calories

fat

39g

carbohydrates

protein

45mg

cholesterol

108mg

sodium

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Simple Cherry Cake

Need an easy and delicious summer cake recipe? This Simple Cherry Cake is just it. This is a foolproof recipe, using ingredients you probably already have in your pantry, plus fresh dark sweet cherries that bake into little pockets of jamminess. Served warm, it is perfect as a snack cake or breakfast treat.

To start, pit and halve the sweet cherries. Using a hand mixer, whisk together a simple batter with butter, sugar, eggs, Greek yogurt, all-purpose flour, baking powder, and baking soda. I like to flavor this cake with vanilla extract, but almond extract is also a great choice. Finally, assemble the cake and bake. It’s that easy! Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

To make this Simple Cherry Cake, you will need the following ingredients:

Steps to make Simple Cherry Cake

1

Preheat oven and prepare baking pan

5min

Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Grease the sides and the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan or a 9-inch round cake pan with butter. Line the bottom with parchment paper and grease the parchment paper, too.
2

Combine dry ingredients

2min

Into a medium bowl, sift 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon baking soda.
3

Beat butter, sugar, and eggs

3min

In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together 2 ounces softened butter, ¾ cup sugar, and 2 eggs until very light in color and fluffy, 2-3 minutes on high speed.
4

Add Greek yogurt and vanilla extract

1min

Add ½ cup Greek yogurt and ½ teaspoon vanilla and beat until very creamy and light in color, about 1 minute.
5

Combine wet and dry ingredients

2min

Keeping the mixer on low, gradually mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix.
6

Assemble cake

1min

Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared baking pan.
7

Add cherries

1min

Top with a layer of sliced cherries.
8

Top with remaining batter and cherries

2min

Top the cherries with the remaining half of the cake batter. Top the batter with more cherries.
9

Bake

50min

Bake until golden and the cake tester comes out clean, about 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on your oven. Midway through baking, put some extra pitted cherries on top of the cake for a pretty presentation and return the cake to the oven.
10

Cool

40min

Allow the cake to cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 40 minutes, then release the cake from the pan.
11

Serve

Slice and serve warm.

Celebrate fresh summer produce with this Simple Cherry Cake recipe! Made from just eight pantry staple ingredients and fresh sweet cherries, it’s quick and easy to prepare. Made this recipe? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.