Quick Cherry Streusel Cake (vegan)
This tender German Cherry Streusel Cake is the perfect coffee cake! This version is entirely dairy free and vegan. Filled with sour cherries and topped with buttery sweet streusel. An absolute staple during coffee time in Germany. Unlike the traditional yeast cake base, this recipe uses a quick and easy cake batter.
Servings: 24 pieces
Equipment
- A half sheet, 18-by-13-inches, 1 inch high (46 cm × 33 cm)
- For a smaller cake half the recipe and use a quarter sheet, 13-by-9 inches (23 cm × 33 cm).
- An electric (hand) mixer
Ingredients
Streusel Ingredients
- 120 grams old fashioned oats (4.2 oz)
- 120 grams cane sugar (4.2 oz)
- 220 grams unbleached all-purpose flour (7.7 oz)
- 110 mililiters neutral plant oil, or melted butter (4.7 fl oz)
Batter Ingredients
- 350 grams all-purpose flour, unbleached* (10.5 oz)
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 teaspoon cornstarch (10g)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 180 grams cane sugar (6.3 oz)
- a pinch of salt
- 120 mililiters extra virgin olive oil (4 fl oz)
- 330 mililiters plant milk (11.1fl oz)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cans of sour cherries, or red tart cherries (drained) (700g / 24 oz)
Instructions
- Prepare the streusel: In a medium bowl, mix the dry ingredients: Rolled oats, cane sugar and flour. Now slowly add the oil or melted butter. Mix everything roughly with a fork until the crumbles have the desired size. Put streusel in the refrigerator.
- Prepare cake batter: Drain the cherries. If you want the cherries a little sweeter, you can sprinkle them with some more cane sugar. Prepare your baking sheet: Line it with baking paper or grease it with some butter.
- Preheat your oven to 180°C / 355°F.
- In a mixing bowl, mix all the dry ingredients: Flour, baking powder, cornstarch, baking soda, cane sugar and salt. In another, slightly smaller bowl, mix olive oil, milk and vanilla extract. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix everything with your electric (hand) mixer. Use the whisk attachment for mixing. Start on a slow mixer speed and then increase the speed. Mix until you have a smooth dough without lumps (this usually takes no more than a minute or two).
- Baking the cake: Pour the batter onto your prepared baking sheet. If necessary, smooth it out a bit. Quickly sprinkle the cherries evenly over the dough. Spread the crumble evenly as the last layer. Put the tray in the oven and bake for about 30-40minutes. The cake should be baked until golden brown and no batter should stick to the cake when you pick it with a toothpick. Remove the tray from the oven. Let cool completely or eat when still warm.