cherry cheery cake
This recipe originally came from my April/May 2004 Taste of Home Magazine. I made it for Easter several years ago without the fancy flowers..mainly, because I didn't have the cake decorating tools.. This is a very moist and delicious cake..my family loved it. I normally don't like making boxed cake recipes, but the beautiful picture of the cake had me..and I also loved the fact that it called for ricotta cheese...yum! You can make this without the fancy flowers...it's still delicious. Enjoy! Picture and recipe courtesy of Taste of Home
prep time
45 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
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yield
12 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 package white cake mix (regular size)
- CANNOLI FILLING
- 2 - 8 ounces packages, cream cheese, softened
- 1 - carton (15 ounces) ricotta cheese
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 jar (16 ounces) maraschino cherries
- 1 cup miniature chocolate chips
- FROSTING
- 1 cup shortening ( i always use crisco)
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 7 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 - 5 tablespoons water
- - pink and green gel food coloring
How To Make cherry cheery cake
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Step 1Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing cakes from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
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Step 2In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and ricotta until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and extracts; beat until smooth.
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Step 3Drain cherries well, reserving 1 teaspoon cherry juice. Chop cherries. Stir chopped cherries, chocolate chips and reserved cherry juice into ricotta mixture. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until spreadable.
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Step 4In another large bowl, cream shortening and butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Add enough water to achieve a spreadable consistency. Tint 3/4 cup frosting pink. Tint 1/4 cup frosting green. Set aside 1-1/2 cups white frosting. (I skipped the coloring of the frosting). **I also cut the frosting recipe in half.
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Step 5Cut each cake horizontally into two layers. Place one layer on a serving plate; spread with a third of the filling. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining white frosting over the top and sides of cake
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Step 6To decorate, cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert tip #5. Fill the bag with reserved white frosting; pipe vines on cake. Change to shell tip #21; pipe shell border along bottom and top edges. Use petal tip #103 and pink frosting to pipe the rosebuds. Use leaf tip #67 and green frosting to pipe the leaves. Store in the refrigerator.
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