Cherry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake (2024)

Easy to make Cherry Coffee Cake is perfect for brunch, dessert or with your afternoon tea.

Writing about Cherry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is like pure torture.

I was only able to enjoy one slice yesterday morning for breakfast plus or minus a few bites off of Colt's if he happened to sit down next to me Sunday night. Surely I was shorted my fill.

When I left Monday afternoon there was about 1/4 of the cake left but Lorna polished that off the minute we walked out the door and then pretended it was an itty bitty piece when her brother's complained she didn't share.

It was like food wars in our house, and somehow I always end up loosing.

I might have to make another one just to subdue the cravings of the creamy cream cheese meets cherry filling all wrapped up in a nice cozy lemon and vanilla scented cake then topped with a vanilla scented crunchy, sugary, almond topping. Oh so good!

If your looking for something to take to your next holiday gathering this is the perfect choice. It makes a fabulous breakfast or brunch item because the cakes not too sweet or dense but the perfect texture to pair with the cream cheese and cherries,a fabulous dessert choice for a dinner party or just a special treat!

Sorry to repeat myself, but it Cherry Coffee Cake was sooo delicious!

Combine:

• 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extra

Until well combined.

Add 1/2 cup Sliced Almonds, and stir well. Set aside.

Cream together:

• 10 tablespoons Cold Butter
• 1 1/4 cup Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Lemon Zest

Until light and fluffy.

Add 4 whole Eggs one at a time beating well between each addition and scraping sides of bowl as needed.

This helps to create a nice light cake.

Add:

• 1 tablespoon Vanilla
• 1 1/8 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 1/8 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt

Mix until well combined. I hate sifting flour so this makes it so the baking soda and powder are evenly combined without having to sift everything together.

Add all of the 2 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour and 1 1/4 cups Sour Cream to the Cherry Coffee Cake batter, and mix on low speed just until combined.

Be careful not to over mix or the flour will develop to much gluten resulting in a tough cake.

Once mixed measure 1 1/2 cups cake batter and set aside.

To make Cream Cheese Filling for Cherry Coffee Cake combine:

• 8 ounces Room Temperature Cream Cheese
• 3 teaspoons Lemon Juice
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 2 tablespoons Sugar

Mix until smooth and creamy.

Butter a tube pan well and then add remaining cake batter to pan.

Top with cream cheese mixture, leaving a 3/4"-1" gap around outside and inside of pan.

Spoon 1 cup cherry pie filling evenly over the top of cream cheese. Try to keep a 3/4"-1" gap around the inside and outside of pan so the top layer of cake can seal the filling in around the edges.

Cover with remaining 1 1/2 cups cake batter. Tap a few times on the counter to dislodge any air bubbles.

Top cake evenly with vanilla scented sugar/sliced almond mixture. Gently press almond mixture into cake to adhere.

Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 45-50 minutes. Cake is done when it is firm, light brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 1 hour.

Using a thin knife gently trace around outside and inside edge of cake to help loosen edge. Invert cake gently onto a plate.

Remove from pan and allow cake to finish cooling on a wire rack.

Oh what I would do for just one more slice of Cherry Coffee Cake with Cream Cheese Filling and Almond Sugar Topping.

Oh so good.. I'm off to locate a pair of expandable waist pants! Thank the lord for whoever invented yoga pants!

A few more favorite Coffee Cake recipes you might like are:

• Apple Coffee Cake
• Strawberry Rhubarb Coffee Cake
• Blueberry Coffee Cake
• Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake