Cherry Cheese Coffee Cake

By Karenm

Ingredients

• Cake & filling
• 2 (8 oz. each) pkgs. refrigerated crescent rolls
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla or almond extract
• 21 oz. can cherry pie filling
• Glaze
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2-3 teaspoons milk

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Unroll crescent dough and arrange 12 of the triangles in a circle with wide ends toward the outside edge of the Large Round Stone - the points will not meet in the center. Lightly flour and roll out the seams making a 14" circle with a 3" hole in the center. Combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, egg & vanilla and spread over dough. Top with pie filling. Cut each of the 4 remaining triangles into thirds (starting at the wide end opposite the point and cutting lengthwise to the point). Arrange over filling evenly in spoke-like pattern. Press ends to seal at center and outer edges. Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly. Mix powdered sugar and milk until glaze consistency and drizzle over coffee cake.


UPDATE: You can also turn the above recipe into 2 Candy Cane Coffee Cakes, using 3 cans of crescent rolls instead of two. I made the bottom of each candy cane with 1 1/4 pkgs. of crescent rolls, using the remaining 1/4 package to cut strips to lay over the top. I topped each candy cane with half of the cream cheese mixture and half of the pie filling. You can see additional pictures over on my other blog.