Cherry Cheese Streusel Cake
 
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Ingredients
Streusel
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cold butter
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans
Filling
  • 4 ounces Neufchatel cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 cups pitted cherries
Cake
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • ⅔ cup low-fat milk
  • 2 Tablespoons almond milk
  • baking spray or grease and flour for pan
Instructions
Streusel
  1. Combine flour and sugars. Cut butter into mix, working in small pieces at a time to form crumbs. Add nuts, set aside.
Filling
  1. Cream together cheese and sugar, set aside.
Cake
  1. Mix together flour, baking powder, salt. separately, whisk together milks, egg and extracts.
  2. In a medium-sized bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
  3. alternate wet and dry ingredients to form batter.
  4. Place batter into a well-greased 8x8-inch or 9x9-inch pan.
  5. Dot with creamed cheese mixture.
  6. Add cherries. Top with streusel.
  7. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven until inserted toothpick in cake comes out clean and cake and topping brown. (about 45 minutes)
  8. Serve warm or cold.
Notes
Only use the coldest butter possible for streusel to get the best crumbs. Keep topping in freezer until you're ready to assemble cake.
Adapted from The Best of Relish Cookbook.
Recipe by Cindy's Recipes and Writings at https://www.cindysrecipesandwritings.com/cherry-cheese-streusel-cake/