Ida's Cherry Cake
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Author Notes: I love old-fashioned recipes, and this one begins with "Butter the size of an egg". Many years ago, my childhood friend Jessie flew across the country to visit me. She baked a simple yet delicious cake with fresh cherries, a recipe she had been given by her boyfriend's grandmother. Jessie and Dave have been married for about thirty years now, and Grandma Ida lived to celebrate her 100th birthday, baking well into her later years. I've made this cake, a few variations, every summer since Jessie's visit! - Lizthechef
Serves 6-8
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup organic cane or white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cup AP unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of Kosher salt
- 3/4 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups pitted dark sweet cherries
- Powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together butter and sugar. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet. Stir in milk, vanilla and almond extract.
- Butter a 9 inch square baking dish and line with pitted cherries. Pour batter over cherries and bake 30 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean. Dust with sifted powdered sugar while cake is cooling.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe for Cherries
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almost 3 years ago slulibby
oh man--cherrys+powdered sugar=happy mouth. It reminds me of a dish that I saw a lot living in saint louis, the gooie butter cake. Soft cake is the best. great plate too!
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
Thanks - the plate belonged to my great-grandmother and is antique Limoges. It lives in the china closet, mostly...Dig those cherry blossoms!
almost 3 years ago Sunchowder
This looks so good Liz! I am printing this off to make with my leftover cherries :)
almost 3 years ago Sagegreen
Simple recipes are often the best! Yes, I was very busy last week pitting, too, as you noticed.
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
I was so impressed by all you turned out that I wondered if you took time to sleep;)
almost 3 years ago TheWimpyVegetarian
This sounds really great, Liz! Definitely going to make it.
almost 3 years ago MyCommunalTable
I love this recipe. Could you switch what fruit you use? Like the history as well
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
This is such a ritual for me that it's hard to think about a substitute - blueberries, maybe?
almost 3 years ago Jaynerly
I love the sound of Ida's cake! Sounds so easy I will have to make it!
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
It is a simple recipe - the hardest part is pitting the cherries - buy a pitter and hand it to your husband as I did ;)
almost 3 years ago Lizthechef
ps. The 4 T. butter is my best guess re "...the size of an egg". Works OK.