This is a light, moist cake that’s delicious with any fruit, but cherries are my dad’s favorite!
Original recipe makes 1 – 10 inch tube cake
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups cherries, pitted and halved
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk
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PREP
15 mins
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COOK
1 hr
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READY IN
1 hr 15 mins
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour a 10 inch tube pan. Place cherries in a bowl and toss gently with 2 tablespoons flour. Set aside.
- Stir together the flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Beat together the oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until smooth in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the flour mixture until smooth. Fold in the cherries. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a serving plate or wire rack.
Nutrition
Calories: 289 kcal
Carbohydrates: 38 g
Cholesterol: 37 mg
Fat: 13.7 g
Fiber: 1.1 g
Protein: 4.2 g
Sodium: 296 mg