Ida's Cherry Cake
Author: Liz the Chef
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Serves: 6-8
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1¾ cup unbleached white all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups pitted sweet dark cherries
- powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Using a mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet. Stir in milk, vanilla and almond extract.
- Butter a nine-inch square baking pan and line with the pitted cherries.
- Pour batter over the cherries and bake for 30 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Dust with powdered sugar while cake is still warm.
Recipe by Liz The Chef at https://lizthechef.com/idas-cherry-cake/
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