Cherry Pound Cake

Name: Cherry Pound Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: ***streusel topping***; 1 c all purpose flour; 2/3 c brown sugar, firmly packed; 1/2 c granulated sugar; 1 stick butter, melted; 1 tsp cinnamon; ****cake****; 2 1/2 c all purpose flour; 3 eggs; 1 c sugar; 1/4 c honey; 1/4 c molasses; 1 c vegetable oil; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp ginger (powder); 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp cloves; 1 Tbsp vanilla; 1 c buttermilk; 1 c dried cherries; 1 c frozen cherries (thawed & drained)

By Sophia 3000
@sophiadt3000

This is a fruit cake that will not be shoved in the back of the cabinet. Our family use to go to the mall and visit a candy store that sold differnt varieties of candies and dried fruit. My aunt brought what seemed to be tons of dried cherries to put in this cake, and to eat.

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Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

40 Min

Ingredients

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***streusel topping***
1 c

all purpose flour
2/3 c

brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 c

granulated sugar
1 stick

butter, melted
1 tsp

cinnamon
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****cake****
2 1/2 c

all purpose flour
3

eggs
1 c

sugar
1/4 c

honey
1/4 c

molasses
1 c

vegetable oil
1 tsp

salt
1 tsp

ginger (powder)
1 tsp

cinnamon
1 tsp

cloves
1 Tbsp

vanilla
1 c

buttermilk
1 c

dried cherries
1 c

frozen cherries (thawed & drained)
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How to Make Cherry Pound Cake

Step-by-Step

Pre heat your oven to 350 degrees. Next spray a bundt pan and set aside.
Make your streusel topping by combinding the flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon. Stir in the melted butter making sure that everything is coated, mixture will be lumpy. Set aside.
In a seperate, large bowl blend together the oil, eggs, sugar, honey,molasses, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon,cloves,and vanilla. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mix until all the flour is incorporated. Next add half the buttermilk, more flour, the rest of the buttermilk, and finish whith the remainding flour. Stir in all the cheries by hand, gently.
Pour the mixture into the bundt pan and sprinkle the streusel on top. Bake at 350 anywhere between 30-40 minutes depending on your oven. Turn the cake onto a wire rack to finish cooling, dust with powdered sugar.

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