Cherry coffee cake

With cherry season in full swing here in northern Michigan, I thought I would share one of our favorite coffee cake recipes. I hope you enjoy it.

Cherry Coffee Cake*

3/4 C sugar

6 T butter

2 farm fresh eggs

1/2 t vanilla or almond extract

1 C flour

1 t baking powder

1 1/2 C Leelanau County pitted sweet cherries

1 T brown sugar

1/4 t cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9 inch pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar and butter; beating until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder and gently stir into butter mixture. Spread dough into pan and arrange cherries on top; slightly pushing into dough. Mix brown sugar with cinnamon and sprinkle over cake. Bake for 45 - 60 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean. Makes 8 servings.

*adapted from Lee Point B & B

~Michele