Cherry streusel coffee cake

1 cake

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll purpose flour
¾cupGranulated sugar
cupButter, softened
½teaspoonBaking powder
½teaspoonBaking soda
¾cupUndiluted evaporated milk
1tablespoonLemon juice
1Egg
1teaspoonAlmond extract
1Can cherry pie filling
½cupSliced almonds

Directions

Combine flour and sugar in large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Set aside ½ cup of mixture. Add baking powder and baking soda to remaining flour mixture. Combine evaporated milk and lemon juice. Stir well and leave 5 min. until thickened. Add egg and extract; beat well. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened. Spread ⅔ of batter over bottom and about 1 inch up the side of greased 9-inch spring- form pan to form a shell. Spread pie filling in shell. Drop small spoonfuls of remaining batter over pie filling. Stir almonds into reserved crumb mixture. Sprinkle evenly over cake. Bake in 350 F oven 50 to 55 min. Makes 1 cake. From 1992 Recipes Plus advertising supplement to Canadian Living Magazine Typed for you by Dottie Theriault 9/95 Submitted By DOTTIE THERIAULT On 09-24-95