Sweet Cherry and Corn Cake
Sweet cherries and sweet corn in a lightly corn-y sweet base with a corn crumble topping.
for the cake:
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup cornmeal
- 2 large eggs
- ⅔ cup milk
- ½ cup canola oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups pitted and halved sweet cherries
- one cob of corn's worth of kernels about 2/3 cup
for the crumb topping:
- one cob of corn's worth of kernels about 2/3 cup
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- pinch salt
- 4 tablespoons butter melted and cooled
For the cake:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9-inch spring form pan.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cornmeal.
In a second bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, oil, vanilla and sugar until smooth and frothy.
Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until a smooth batter forms. Fold in the corn and cherries.
For the crumb topping:
Place all the ingredients for the topping in a small bowl and mix with a fork until coarse crumbs formed.
Pour the batter in the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the crumbs in an even layer.
Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean or with a few dry crumbs.
Cool in pan for five minutes then release and cool completely.