Glazed Cherry Breakfast Cake

We recently gave this new homemade coffee cake recipe a try. With its pretty red and white color scheme, we thought it was a pretty one to make for Fourth of July (but it would also make a pretty cake for your Christmas breakfast table too). We were surprised at how easy it was to make and how delicious it was! Even though you make it from scratch, the recipe is really easy and takes no time at all to make. We ate it as a breakfast pastry, but you could serve it for dessert too.

And the best part about this breakfast cake? It has cherry filling as the middle layer, so it tastes EVEN BETTER a day or two after you make it! This one didn't stick around our home long at all!

Glazed Cherry Breakfast Cake

Cake

1 cup butter (room temperature)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp milk
1 can cherry pie filling

Glaze

1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 pan and set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, use a mixer on low speed to cream butter, sugar, and vanilla. 
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Sift together flour and baking powder and mix into to creamed mixture.
5. Mix in milk.
6. Spread 3/4 of mixture into greased pan. 
7. Spoon cherry pie filling on top of mixture and spread evenly on top.
8. Drop remaining mixture by spoonfuls on top of cherry pie filling.
9. Bake for 50 minutes.
10. Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool completely.
11. Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Place the confectioner's sugar, milk, and vanilla in a small bowl and stir until smooth.
12. Pour the glaze over the top of the hot cake in the pan, spreading it to the sides with a spoon.

Look how pretty it comes out!

Notes:

If you don't particularly like cherries or if you'd like to try a different flavor, this recipe is easy to change by simply choosing a different flavor of pie filling! Try blueberry, apple, raspberry, apricot, strawberry, or peach!

Or you could always substitute our baked apples, which is one of our most popular (and easy) recipes on the blog.

If you are a fan of cherries, make sure to check out these other cherry recipes too!

• Miss Daisy's Frozen Cherry Salad
• Cranberry Cherry Sauce
• Cherry Dr. Pepper Cake

Enjoy!

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