Easy Cherry Loaf Cake Recipe
A tender loaf cake made with sour cream and buttermilk. Our cherry loaf cake is flavored with vanilla and almond extract, filled with fresh cherries and cherry jam and covered with a delicious homemade cherry icing.
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 376kcal
Equipment
- 9 Inch Loaf Pan
- stand mixer or hand mixer
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 2 cups (280g) all purpose flour
- ⅔ cup (133g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ½ cup sour cream at room temperature
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup fresh cherries pitted and sliced in half
- ¼ cup cherry jam I recommend Bonne Maman
For the Cherry Icing
- 3 tablespoon unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 ½ cup confectioners sugar
- ½ teaspoon cherry extract
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup cherry jam
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
For the Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Prepare a 9 inch loaf pan by spraying with a nonstick baking spray.
- Remove the pits from cherries and slice cherries in half. Gently dry the cherries with a paper towel to absorb any excess cherry juice.
- Mix the cherries with 1 tablespoon of the flour so that the cherries are evenly coated in flour.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small mixing bowl.
- Using your stand or a handheld mixer and a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, sour cream, buttermilk, vanilla extract and almond extract. Mix until well combined.
- Gently fold the flour mixture into the wet ingredients.
- Fold the cherries into the batter.
- Spread half of the cake batter into your prepared 9 inch loaf pan. Spread a layer of cherry jam over the batter.
- Cover jam with the remaining cake batter.
- Bake loaf cake at 350° for 55-60 minutes.
- Allow loaf to cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes. Remove loaf from the pan and cool completely.
For the Cherry Icing
- Combine the butter, cherry jam, powdered sugar, cherry extract and milk in a small bowl. Use your hand mixer to mix on low speed until the icing is light and fluffy.
- Once the cake has cooled completely, spread the cherry icing over the cooled cake.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 376kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 162mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 465IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 2mg