Kirsch-Blechkuchen Cherry Butter Cake

"Blechkuchen" is usually a basic sheet cake topped with seasonal fruit, very similar to a coffeecake. The name is a combination of two words "Blech" meaning "baking sheet" and "Kuchen" cake.

350 g Canned cherriesangiesrecipes 300 g German #405 flour 2 tsp Baking powder 200 g Sugar

8 g Vanilla sugar angiesrecipes 200 g Butter or margarineangiesrecipes 3 Eggs 2 tbsp Bread crumbs Icing sugar for dusting

1. Drain the canned cherries. Grease a 15x25-cm rectangle glass baking pan and sprinkle the bread crumbs on the bottom. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F.
   
   
   
2. Sift the flour into a bowl. Add in sugar and vanilla Mix together the flour, sugar and vanilla sugar. Add in butter and eggs, blend to mix well. Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan. Flatten the cake surface with the wet hands.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Place the drained cherries on the cake, and lightly press them into the batter. Bake for 45 minutes. The cake is baked through when you insert a skewer and it remains clean. Cool the cake completely and dust with icing sugar.