Sour Cherry Cake
Serves: 8
Ingredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup milk
2 cups sour cherries, pitted
Confectioners' sugar
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square pan.
- Cream together the butter and sugar until light. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and soda. Add alternately with the milk to the butter mixture. Stir until smooth and creamy.
- Fold in the cherries. Pour batter into the pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool completely; sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
