cherry cake with cream cheese frosting

Greenacres, WA
Updated on Feb 15, 2011

Years ago after my Grandma passed I found her recipe book with hundreds of old recipe news paper clipping Dated back from 1966 ! This recipe was one of the many....I'm so glad I did cause this cake is YUMMY !

prep time 10 Min
cook time 30 Min
method ---
yield layered 8x8 round

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup maraschino cherry juice
  • 2 - eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup maraschino cherries ; finely chopped , well drained
  • - cherry frosting ; see below

How To Make cherry cake with cream cheese frosting

  • Step 1
    Sift together : flour , baking powder and salt . Add oil , milk and cherry juice and beat until mixture forms a very smooth batter.
  • Step 2
    Beat eggs until thick and foamy , add sugar gradually and beat until well blended. Fold this mixture thoroughly into the batter and stir in the cherries.
  • Step 3
    Pour into 2 wax paper lined 8" round cake pans.
  • Step 4
    Bake @ 350 deg. for 25 - 30 minutes.when cool ; frost with cherry frosting below.
  • Step 5
    CHERRY FROSTING : Blend 3oz. pkg. cream cheese with 1 Tbs. maraschino cherry juice ; Gradually add 3 cups sifted powdered sugar ; Blend in well. Add 1 Tbs. chopped cherries ; blend in.

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Category: Cakes
Keyword: #cherry

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