SHEET CAKE WITH SOUR CHERRIES

Sheet Cake with Sour Cherries image

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.

Provided by hirtamadl

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European German

Time 1h35m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 12

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

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large, rimmed baking sheet with butter.
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.
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.
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 : Calories 206.4 calories, Carbohydrate 27.4 g, Cholesterol 50.6 mg, Fat 9.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 121.8 mg, Sugar 13.4 g