Sheet Cake with Sour Cherries

Name: Sheet Cake with Sour Cherries
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Ingredients: 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 cup unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest; ¼ teaspoon salt; 4 eggs; 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour; 4 teaspoons baking powder; ½ cup milk; 1 ¾ (16 ounce) cans pitted sour cherries, drained; 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Rating: 5 stars

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This is the recipe of my friend's grandmother who's from Germany. I usually use pitted sour cherries in syrup (you can get them at Trader Joe's® sometimes), but you can also use fresh sweet cherries of course.

By hirtamadl

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Recipe Summary

prep:

20 mins

cook:

45 mins

total:

1 hr 35 mins

additional:

30 mins

Servings:

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large, rimmed baking sheet with butter.

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Step 2

Combine 2 cups confectioner's sugar, 1 cups plus 2 tablespoons butter, vanilla sugar, lemon zest, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition until batter is very foamy, about 10 minutes total.
Step 3

Combine flour and baking powder and beat in alternately with the milk. Spread batter onto the prepared baking sheet, smoothing out with a spatula. Cover with cherries.
Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until cake is set, about 45 minutes. Allow to cool for about 30 minutes. Dust with 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

206 calories; 9.7 g total fat; 51 mg cholesterol; 122 mg sodium. 27.4 g carbohydrates; 3.2 g protein; Full Nutrition

Reviews (1)

Most helpful positive review

Sheri Macho

07/02/2019

I have made this many times. I knew this was the recipe by the way it looked NO mistaking it. But I did tweek it a bit. No cherrys so i used cherry pie filling. Not sure what else I did because we were at 7 2500 feet. Am not at cabin now and recipe is there. LOVE this. Done right and you will never go wrong. It's like a cookie cake not to sweet nor sour. Perfect! Thanks for sharing this it IS a German recipe Read More

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