Sophie's Cherry Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can tart cherries, drained reserve juice
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup pecans, toasted
• reserved cherry juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. grease and flour a 9 inch cake pan.
• 2 whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
• 3 whisk eggs and vanilla in a small bowl.
• 4 with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy, 2 minutes.
• 5 reduce mixer speed, and add egg and flour mixture alternately in two batches, beating on low speed until combined.
• 6 fold in cherries with rubber spatula.
• 7 scrape batter into prepared pan and bake 30-35 minutes. cool completely.
• 8 for the topping:.
• 9 combine reserved cherry juice, cornstarch, sugar, and almond extract in a small saucepan over medium heat until it begins to bubble, about 4 minutes.
• 10 let cool completely, 30 minutes.
• 11 spread over cooled cake and arrange pecans decoratively on top.
• 12 may be stored at room temp for 2 days.