Why wait for Christmas morning to make this delicious cake?
In our Christmas-Morning Coffee Cake, a crunchy, spiced streusel topping sits atop a soft, buttery cake.
But don’t be fooled: This is not your average coffee cake.
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While it packs all the requisite spicescinnamon and nutmegthis Christmas coffee cake has a few surprises up its sleeve.
The first: dried tart cherries, folded right into the cake batter.
(Note that the red-and-green theme is just perfect forChristmas.)
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you might trade the pistachios for pecans or walnuts, or leave the nuts out if you prefer.
We recommend warming a slice of this coffee cake with butter in a skillet on the stovetop.
Enjoy this make-ahead spice cake with a cup of coffee while you’re opening presents.
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1cupdried tart cherries, chopped (from 1 [5-oz.]
Grease a 10-inch tube pan with baking spray.
Add flour mixture and sour cream alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
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Fold in dried cherries.
Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 65 to 70 minutes.
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Cool in pan 30 minutes.
Remove from pan; place streusel side up on a platter.
Whisk together powdered sugar and cream until smooth.
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