Shelly's Recipe

CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Category: Coffee Cake

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 13x9 inch baking pan.
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling

Topping
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 tbsp butter

Combine butter and sugar and large bowl. Beat until creamy. Beat in eggs and sour cream. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add gradually the sifted dry ingredients to cream mixture. Beat after each addition. Add vanilla. Pour 1/2 of this mixture into the prepared pan. Spread with Cherry-pie filling. Pour remaining 1/2 of mixture over pie filling.

Mix sugar, cinnamon, flour and pecans in a small bowl. Cut in butter with two knives. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Variation: May substitute other ready-made fruit pie fillings or an equal amount of homemade fruit pie filling.