Maraschino Cherry Coffee Cake (Quick, Easy & Super Tasty!)

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup milk

  (whole, 2%, or skim milk - add more as needed to moisten the flour and dry ingredients)
• 1 large egg

  (at room temperature)
• ¼ cup butter

  (melted, cooled)
• 2 teaspoon cherry extract

  (or use almond and/or vanilla extract)
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅓ c all-purpose flour
• ¾ c sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 5 tablespoon butter

  (melted, cooled)
• ½ c maraschino cherries

  (rinsed, dried, cut into halves)
• 6 tablespoon confectioners sugar
• 2 tablespoon heavy cream

  (or milk, use more or less to reach desired drizzling consistency)
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
• 2 In a large mixing bowl combine the all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and
  salt then whisk to evenly distribute the dry ingredients. Form a well in the
  center of your flour mixture.
• 3 In your liquid measuring cup combine the milk, egg, melted and cooled butter,
  and the cherry extract. Whisk them together then pour into the well of your dry
  ingredients. Mix just enough to combine (it's OK if your batter is slightly
  lumpy).
• 4 Pour half of the batter into a 9x13 baking pan then combine the sugar and
  cinnamon and sprinkle it over the bottom half of the batter.
• 5 Add the remaining half of the batter then mix your streusel ingredients
  (all-purpose flour, sugar, ground cinnamon, melted butter, and prepared
  maraschino cherries) in a small mixing bowl. Sprinkle the streusel topping over
  your coffee cake.
• 6 Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 30-35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick, knife,
  or cake tester comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly
  before slicing and serving warm.
• 7 To add the optional icing before serving, mix together the confectioners' sugar,
  heavy cream, and vanilla extract until smooth. Add a drizzle more liquid or a
  tablespoon more powdered sugar as needed to adjust the consistency.

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