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kay's cherry walnut cake

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Kay Tilley
Eufaula, OK

As a little girl, I remember my Moma making this cake for the holidays, special occassions and sometimes on Sundays just because she loved us!

(2 ratings)
yield 8 -10
prep time 20 Min
cook time 35 Min

Ingredients For kay's cherry walnut cake

  • 1 box
    white cake mix
  • 1 can
    cream cheese frosting
  • 1 jar
    marchino cherries, drained
  • 1 pkg
    walnuts for top, whole
  • 1 pkg
    walnut pieces in batter

How To Make kay's cherry walnut cake

  • 1
    Make up cake batter as directed on box mix.
  • 2
    After mixing with mixer, then you add hafe jar of drained cherries into batter, and then add Walnut pieces into the batter.
  • 3
    With a wooden spoon, gently fold into batter.
  • 4
    Pre-heat oven to 350. About 20 minutes before baking.
  • 5
    On this cake you can either make it in round pans or 13x9 in. pan. Pop into oven and bake till top is light b rown and a tooth pick or broom straw poked in, comes out clean.
  • 6
    Remove and allow to cool before adding frosting.
  • 7
    If it is a round cake, then you will want to frost the top pf the first round with frosying only! then lay second cake on top.
  • 8
    If it is a cake (13x9)pan, then frost the top. Lay cherries here and there on top of cake. And fill in the spaces in between with whole walnuts.
  • 9
    This makes a lovely cake and it is so yummy you will want more and more~

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