Cherry Coffeecake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup cherries, cut in quarters
• 1 (6 ounce) carton lemon low fat yogurt
• 2 ounces low-fat cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional) or 1/4 cup pecans (optional) or 1/4 cup almonds (optional)

Recipe

• 1 grease a 9 " round cake pan.
• 2 set the oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.
• 4 in a separate bowl whip the cream cheese a bit and add the yogurt, egg, oil, and lemon zest.
• 5 combine the wet with the dry ingredients just until combined and fold in the cherries.
• 6 spoon the thick batter into the prepared cake pan spreading almost to the sides. (it will spread out).
• 7 for the topping, blend the flour and brown sugar and mash in the butter until combined. add the nuts.
• 8 sprinkle the topping over the batter as evenly as you can. it won't be a generous covering.
• 9 pop in the oven and bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until just golden on the top.
• 10 cool for 10 minutes and serve.