Home > Coffee Cake Recipes >

Cherry Crumb Coffee Cake

Cherry crumb coffee cake is made with sweet cherry pie filling, sugar, egg whites, butter, and milk and finished with a crumb topping.

Sweet cherries and whipped egg whites make this coffee cake recipe light and fluffy.

Try this delicious cherry crumb coffee cake recipe for breakfast or brunch this weekend and enjoy the compliments!

This cherry recipe is quick and easy because you use canned cherry pie filling.

Find more coffeecake recipes like this cherry crumb coffee cake.

Cherry Crumb Coffee Cake Recipe

Printer Friendly Recipe

This cherry coffee cake recipe is from my Grandmother's recipe box collection.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Baking Time: 50 minutes

Ingredient List:

2 cups flour
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
2 egg yolks, beaten
1/2 cup milk
2 egg whites, beaten stiff
1 can cherry pie filling

Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Grease a 9" square or 7" x 11" pan.

Step 3: Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Step 4: Soften butter and cut in to flour mixture until crumbly. A pastry cutter works well for this. Reserve 1/2 cup of mixture for topping.

Step 5: Separate the eggs into two different small bowls.

Step 6: Combine the 2 egg yolks, beaten and milk. Add to remaining crumb mixture and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.

Step 7: Beat the 2 egg whites until stiff. Carefully and slowly fold into batter mixture.

Step 8: Spread mixture into a greased baking pan or dish.

Coffee Cake Batter

Step 9: Over this mixture, evenly spread the cherry pie filling.

Cherry Coffee Cake

Step 10: Top with the remaining 1/2 cup of crumbs.

Cherry Coffee Cake

Step 11: Bake 45-50 minutes. Let cool slightly.

Step 12: Top this coffeecake with sweetened whipped cream if desired, and serve warm.

You can also substitute any other flavor of pie filling instead of the cherry in this coffee cake recipe.

Old-Fashioned Recipe Cookbooks

Find more cake and dessert recipes in these Old-Fashioned Cookbooks. They make a great gift for a teacher, scout master, housewarming or a bridal shower.

Cakes and Cheesecakes Cakes and cheesecakes have always been a nice way to enjoy the company of a friend or neighbor, along with coffee or tea. Most friends and family won't turn down a piece of homemade cake or cheesecake if offered. These cake and cheesecake recipes have been around for years and are just too good to not be made. These are old-fashioned recipes just like our grandmothers and great grandmothers used to make.

Bread Puddings and Desserts Enjoy the aroma of fresh bread baking in your home. These 56 old-time recipes for yeast breads and quick breads will let you in on a bit of the past as you will have some of the best bread recipes of colonial America. This cookbook also contains historical notes on the old mills of America.

Southern and Peach Recipes Southern Recipes and cooking are known to be flavorful, rich tasting, and just downright good. This collection of 65 Old-Fashioned Southern Recipes captures some of the best food of the South that has been enjoyed for centuries. There are also historical notes sprinkled into the cookbook relating to histories of some of the recipes. The peach recipes included in this cookbook are some of the best that the South has to offer.

New! Comments

I would love to hear your thoughts about the recipe(s) above.
Leave me a comment in the box below.

Secret Recipes Revealed

Make something different for dinner tonight. Get inside the hidden cookbooks of America's favorite restaurants including Red Lobster, Olive Garden, TGI Friday, PF Chang and many more! The secret recipes for your favorite restaurant dishes have now been revealed in this best-selling new cookbook. Prepare dishes you know they'll love and save money by easily making them at home. For the full list of secret recipes Click Here!