Cherry Almond Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 10 ounces cans cherry pie filling
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced almonds (2oz)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350° and butter a 10" diameter springform pan.
• 2 beat sugar and butter together until light, then add eggs, vanilla and almond extracts.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into another bowl.
• 4 mix half of dry ingredients into butter mixture, then add sour cream, then add remaining dry ingredients.
• 5 pour 2/3 of batter into prepared pan.
• 6 drop pie filling by tablespoons over batter evenly.
• 7 drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over pie filling and using back of spoon, carefully spread batter over filling.
• 8 sprinkle with almonds and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan on rack, then cut around sides of pan and remove cake from pan.