Recipe: Versatile coffee cake can start the day or end it
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This delicious coffee cake can be made with just about any fresh fruit. (Photos: Debbie Arrington)
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It's almost May, which means cherries will soon be rolling in.
This old-fashioned cherry coffee cake is sort of like a cobbler but with more spring and softness to the dough. The top mounds of batter expand and connect while still allowing bright cherry filling to bubble through on the edges.
Although traditional sour pie cherries will work, sweet cherries are absolutely luscious in this coffee cake. Bing cherries, America's favorite, arrive later in summer, but there are loads of early-harvest cherries that would be equally delicious in this breakfast pastry that doubles as dessert. Have a slice of it to start the day or to top it off (or any time in between).
Look for the early cherries at farmers markets and farm stands (or your own cherry trees).
Also try this recipe with chopped peaches, nectarines, apricots, apples, pears or blueberries. Adjust the cooking time for the filling as needed.
Cherry coffee cake
Makes 9 servings
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Cook the fruit filling on top of the stove.
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Filling bubbles up around the edges of this cherry-packed cake. |
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