Cherry Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 (16 ounce) cans pitted red tart cherries (drain and reserve juice)
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• 1 sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• 2 place in a large mixing bowl; work in shortening.
• 3 add milk.
• 4 spread into a greased 13 x 9-inch pan; set aside.
• 5 for filling, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan.
• 6 drain cherries, reserving the juice.
• 7 set aside cherries and add juice to pan.
• 8 cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir 2 minutes more.
• 9 remove from heat; stir in the extract.
• 10 stir in cherries; cool slightly.
• 11 spread on dough.
• 12 for topping, combine sugar, flour and cinnamon in small bowl.
• 13 cut in butter until crumbly; sprinkle over filling.
• 14 bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes, or until bubbly and cake tests done.