Cherry Smashed Cake

Cherry Smashed Cake Recipe
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Category: Cakes
Collections: Summer Desserts!
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Ingredients

CAKE
1 bx yellow cake mix or you can make from scratch
SCRATCH CAKE RECIPE
2 1/2 c cake flour
2 c sugar
2 stk butter
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 c milk
FILLING
2 bx confectioners' sugar
1 can(s) eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
1 stk butter
1 c cherries chopped fine, drained from the juice
1/2 tsp of the cherry juice
CHOCOLATE FILLING
1 c milk chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp milk
1 c confectioners' sugar
ICING
1/4 c amaretto liqueur
2 bx confectioners' sugar
1 stk butter
3/4 c heavy whipping cream or 1/2 making sure right amount of mositure not to thin spreadable
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cherry juice
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jamie's Notes:

Today I was in a mood to be creative. My daughter and her work friends are always asking for something good to eat from my kitchen or calling for a cake. Knowing I will be going to her home town tomarrow I decided to get this cake made. I hope you all will like it as much as my husband did. It is a very rich cake and one slice is all I could eat. I just could not think of a name so I thouhgt of the ingredients and came up with cherry smashed. I got the idea wanting to make something like chocolate covered cherries. I made mine from scratch but you can use box mix

Comments from the Test Kitchen: Kitchen Crew

The flavor in this cake's wonderful cherry filling reminds me of chocolate covered cherries! Does it get any better?! My cousin is actually using this recipe as inspiration for her daughter's wedding cake... It's that good.

 

Directions

1
Mix sugar and butter cream until smooth about 10min. Add the eggs one at a time beating until smooth
2
Sift the cake flour, add baking soda, baking powder, and salt together then add to the mixture with alternating milk to mix add in vanilla mix
3
Spray 2- 8 inch cake pans and add cake evenly in the pans Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 min check at 30 to assure not burning and test with tooth pick for doneness. This is a dry shortbread type of cake old recipe from the 50s so not for a cake that will not be moistened by the filling. Good for strawberry short cake too.
4
FIRST FILLING: butter needs to be soft add butter and sugar in mixer. Slow speed add the sweet condensed milk, chopped cherries and flavoring. Mix until cream stage if too wet add a little more sugar.
STRAIN THE CHERRIES FROM THE JUICE KEEP THE RESERVED JUICE FOR THE FLAVORING IN THE ICING AND FILLING ALSO TO DRIZZLE IN THE CAKE LAYERS
5
SECOND CHOCOLATE FILLING LAYER: melt chocolate chips with half&half or milk and flavoring stir in one cup of powered sugar, mix till spreadable not soup like but a little stiff
6
ICING: Mix all the ingredients and make sure it is just the right consistency to spread and stay on the cake.
This is a professional bakery icing and may be alot left over but the recipe calls for two boxes of powered sugar so I made it with my version of flavoring.
7
ASSEMBLING THE CAKE: Slice layers in half making 4 layers, let cool on cooling rack. While on cooling rack take the cherry juice and drizzle into the layers and let stand while cooling. Assemble one layer on the plate, first cherry filling then top with some chocolate. Keep doing until all 4 layers are together even on top of cake. Spread some of the cherry filling around the sides too. Not thick
THE LAYERS MUST BE COMPLETELY COOL BEFORE ADDING FILLING AND SIT FOR A WHILE TO SOAK IN THE CHERRY JUICE. BE SURE TO POKE THE WHOLES IN YOUR LAYERS TO ABSORB INTO THE CAKE LAYERS, VERY IMPORTANT
8
ICING: Now finish the cake by adding the icing all over the cake and I like it thick. Let set and be sure to refrigerate due to the milk in the cake icing. I let stand out for about an hour before serving after it has been refregerated. Cake is better the next day. It sits and just soaks up that flavor.
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aurora
Feb 21, 2012
Yum! Gorgeous cake!
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Feb 21, 2012
oh my!!! looks delicious!!!!
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Feb 21, 2012
SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sandy Griffith MomNana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feb 21, 2012
Like the name....saved! Yummy!
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Carroll Langdon JCB0715
 
 
 
Feb 21, 2012
The girls at Bailey's just loved your cake!!! They said all they needed was a tall cup of milk to drink with it! We give you 5 stars on your divine cake! Can't wait for your next creation and thanks for allowing us to be your test tasters!
user Carroll Langdon JCB0715
I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!
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Shelia Tucker cookbooking
 
 
 
 
 
Feb 21, 2012
looks sooo yummy !! I've made cherry cakes before and really liked them, this one has much better stuff than mine did, Thank-you for sharing your recipe . printed and saved ;)
Utahn
Feb 21, 2012
This looks wonderful! Yummy!
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Catherine Lachance blenderchic
 
 
 
 
 
Feb 21, 2012
Dumb question. If I use a chocolate cake, does this become a Black Forest Cake? That is my favorite cake and if it is that easy, I just found heaven!!!!
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jamie Beecham jamie4cakes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feb 21, 2012
I thought about chocolate but wanted to make a creation not coping any one else so I used my Mothers old short cake recipe. It is only good for wet type of foods and I knew I wanted to soak the layers in the natural cherry juice. I am sure it would be delis. with a chocolate cake but I wanted to create so go ahead and try it. Right now I am thinking about a good mixed up chocolate cake. My daughters and her friends like the cakes with liquer in them.

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