"This Cheerwine cake is the perfect, pretty-in-pink, cherry-flavored birthday cake or Valentine's Day dessert. Enjoy!..."
INGREDIENTS
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2 12 ounce bottles or cans of Cheerwine, cane sugar recipe preferred
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12.5 ounces cake flour, about 3 cups, stirred, spooned, and leveled
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1 Tablespoon baking powder
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2 sticks unsalted butter, cool room temperature, 8 ounces
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12 ounces granulated sugar, scant 1 1/2 cups
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1 teaspoon fine sea salt
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 Tablespoon Cheerwine extract
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5 large egg whites
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1 ounce freeze-dried cherries, whirred into dust and sifted to get out any larger bits
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10 ounces Cheerwine soda
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3 sticks unsalted butter, softened
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1 1/2 7 ounce jars marshmallow fluff, 10 1/2 ounces
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1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
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1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
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2 Tablespoons Cheerwine extract
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1-2 Tablespoon milk, optional