23 EASY CHERRY CAKES TO MAKE AT HOME
Try these cherry cake recipes for desserts that are guaranteed to impress! From black forest to cheesecake to pound cake, cherries are the stars of the show in these treats.
Provided by insanelygood
Categories Desserts Recipe Roundup
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Select your favorite recipe.
- Organize all the required ingredients.
- Prep a cherry cake in 30 minutes or less!
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FRESH CHERRY CAKE
A white cake made with fresh cherries and cherry juice. My wife's favorite!
Provided by sonomo
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Cherry Dessert Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a deep 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
- Place 1 cup sugar and butter in a separate bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in milk and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture to butter mixture; mix until batter is well blended and thick, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Spread batter in the prepared baking dish; arrange cherries on top. Drizzle cherry juice over the cherries. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup sugar over the surface.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 302.4 calories, Carbohydrate 54.1 g, Cholesterol 22 mg, Fat 8.7 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 244.6 mg, Sugar 36.7 g
MARTHA WASHINGTON'S GREAT CAKE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Soak raisins and currants in water in small bowl overnight.
- Combine orange peel, lemon peel, citron and cherries in mediumsize bowl, sprinkle with brandy; let stand overnight.
- Grease two 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch pans.
- Beat egg whites in medium-size bowl with electric mixer until foamy white. Beat in 1/4 cup of the sugar slowly until meringue forms stiff peaks; reserve.
- Beat butter, remaining sugar, egg yolks and lemon juice in large bowl with electric mixer at high speed until light and fluffy, about five minutes.
- Sift flour, mace and nutmeg onto wax paper. Stir into batter alternately with sherry, blending well.
- Drain raisins and currants. Add to batter with candied fruits and brandy, mixing well.
- Fold in reserved meringue until no streaks of white remain. Pour batter into pans. Place in a roasting pan on lowest rack of oven. Fill halfway with boiling water. Place cakes on middle rack of oven.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Lower heat to 325 degrees and bake 55 minutes longer until centers spring back when lightly touched with fingertip. Cool cakes in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely.
- To store: wrap in sherry- or brandy-soaked cheesecloth; place in tightly covered containers for a month or longer. Pour more sherry or brandy over cake when cheesecloth dries out.
- Garnish with candied cherries, if you wish.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 327, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 52 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 32 milligrams, Sugar 36 grams, TransFat 0 grams
CHERRY FRUITCAKE
This fruitcake will not be bitter because it has no citron. I got it from a good friend's Mom in the 80's. When you slice it and hold it up to the light, there is very little cake, and it looks like stained glass. Many "fruitcake haters" have been won over by this cake.
Provided by TigerJo
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 1 fruitcake
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Using a tube pan (line bottom with two greased layers of greased waxed paper, and grease sides of pan); or using two loaf pans or eight mini-loaf pans (line bottom/sides with two greased layers of waxed paper). Be generous with shortening on the layer next to the cake.
- Cut pineapple, red and green cherries in half; cut dates in 3 pieces.Using hands, combine pineapple, cherries, dates, and pecans in a large bowl. Add sugar, mix well, and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Beat eggs& vanilla until light and fluffy; pour over fruit and nut mixture. Using hands, mix well. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour on above mixture until"syrupy", again, using hands.
- Preheat oven to 275°F Add cake mixture evenly to pans and pack down tightly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, approximately 90 minutes for a tube pan; 1 1/4 hr for 2 loaf pans; and check starting after an hour for mini-loaf pans.
- Remove cake (s) from oven, cool slightly, and remove waxed paper while still warm.
TART CHERRY CAKE
Dotted with cherries and topped with a rich butter sauce, this cake is good simple country cooking.-Lavonn Bormuth, Westerville, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 9 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Combine the egg and cherries; add to dry ingredients. Stir until well combined and batter no longer appears dry. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For sauce, combine the sugar, butter and milk in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Serve warm over cake.
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