Cherry Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

6-INGREDIENT CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray or lightly grease 13 x 9 baking pan.
• Measure 1/3 cup of cherry pie filling and set aside to use in frosting. (see below)
• With a mixer on low speed, combine dry cake mix, eggs, baking powder, both extracts, and remaining cherry pie filling until combined. Increase speed to medium and beat until creamy, a minute or so.
• Pour batter into prepared pan, and level with a spatula.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove cake from oven and allow to cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Cream the cream cheese, butter or margarine, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Sift together 2 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, and salt; fold into cream cheese mixture. Dredge cherries in 1/4 cup flour, and fold into batter.
• Sprinkle pecans over the bottom of an ungreased 10 inch angel food tube pan. Bottom should be completely covered. Add a few more pecans if necessary. Spoon batter into pan on top of nuts.
• Bake for about 75 minutes, or until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. Allow cake to cool in pan. Run knife around outside edge and center tube. Ease cake out of pan, and onto plate.

CHERRY LAYER CAKE WITH CHERRY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• InstructionsTo make the cakeStep 1: Prepare the oven. Preheat it to 350 degrees F.Step 2: Grease and flour a two 9-inch round layer cake pans and if desired you can line the bottom of the pan with parchment.Step 3: In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt.Step 4: In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening, and sugar for about 5 minutes or until fluffy.Step 5: Use a measuring cup to measure the milk, almond extract, and cherry juice.Step 6: Alternately add the wet and dry ingredients, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, to the creamed mixture. Make sure to beat well every after addition. And fold in the cherries.Step 7: In a different bowl, stiffly beat the egg whites. To lighten the batter, fold in 1/3 of beat whites to the batter. Then, fold in the rest of the egg white mixture until fully combined.Step 8: Share the batter between the pans. Place inside the preheated oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cake is springy when touched.Step 9: Once done, remove the pans from the oven. Don't remove the cakes yet, let them cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then, carefully loosen the edges with a think knife. Transfer the cakes onto the racks and cool them into room temperature.To make the FrostingStep 1: In a bowl, cream the butter and cream cheese with 1/2 confectionary sugar. Stir in the cherry juice and mix in enough confectionary sugar to get your desired consistency and taste.

CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment and lightly coat with cooking spray.
• Spread the pecans on a rimmed baking sheet and toast until light brown and fragrant, 7 minutes. Set aside 12 pecan halves to decorate the finished cake; chop the remaining pecans. Set aside 1 cup of the chopped pecans to use in the batter; reserve the rest for decorating the finished cake.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and 1 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl.
• Whisk together the eggs and granulated sugar in a large bowl until smooth, about 1 minute. Whisk in the oil until well combined. Add the grated carrots, vanilla and 1 cup chopped pecans, and mix well. Add the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the cakes are nicely browned, about 30 minutes. Let cool on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Loosen the edges with a spatula, turn the cakes out and let cool completely, right-side up, on the cooling rack, about 2 hours. Remove the parchment before frosting.
• For the frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, scraping down the side as necessary, until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon salt; gradually increase the mixer speed to medium-high, and beat until the sugar is incorporated and the frosting is fluffy and smooth, about 3 minutes. With the mixer on medium-high, add the cream a few drops at time until it's all incorporated. Continue beating for 1 more minute until the frosting is slightly lighter in color and creamy.
• To assemble: Place one of the cake layers on a serving plate, and spread 1 cup of the frosting over the top. Top with the other layer, and use the remaining frosting to frost the top and sides of the cake. Arrange the 12 whole pecans on top of the cake like the numbers on a clock face, and sprinkle the remaining chopped pecans in between.

3-LAYER SOUR CREAM CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the sour cream cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 6-inch cake pans with cooking spray.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Reserve.
• Combine the butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat until light and fluffy. Turn the mixer off and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Slowly add the vanilla, milk and sour cream. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on medium speed, gradually mix in the flour.
• Divide the batter evenly among the cake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the cream cheese icing: Beat together the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and lemon juice in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer until light and fluffy. Spread icing on each layer, stack layers and cover with icing.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• mix cake as directed (decreasing the water& oil to above measure).
• stir in 1 can cherry pie filling.
• pour into greased& floured cake pan (batter will be a little thick).
• spread evenly.
• bake 350 deg (as directed) about 45-50min (til knife comes out clean when inserted into center).
• cool completely.
• in bowl, mix frosting& cream cheese til blended.
• spread onto cooled cake.
• top with maraschino cherries (as many as u like).

CHERRY CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• place ingredients in a large bowl --
• Mix with electric mixer till well blended.
• Add powdered sugar, mix till combined.
• stir in crushed pineapple, cherries, and a little maraschino cherry juice for color.
• Whip 2-3 minutes.

CHOCOLATE-CHERRY CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Strain maraschino cherries over a large measuring cup. Count out 24 cherries with their stems intact and set aside on paper towels. Remove stems from the remaining cherries and place one in the bottom of each lined muffin cup.
• Stir cherry-flavored brandy into the cherry juice. Add more brandy or water to total 1 1/4 cups liquid. Pour liquid into a bowl.
• Add eggs and oil; beat with an electric mixer on low speed until just combined. Add cake mix and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Evenly divide batter among the muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 17 minutes. Cool in the tins for about 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 50 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting. Combine cream cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed until blended, about 1 minute. Add vanilla extract and salt; beat for 1 minute more. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating after each addition. Add additional powdered sugar if frosting is too thin.
• Frost each cupcake and garnish with the reserved cherries.

CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with oil; set aside. In a food processor, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, cloves, and nutmeg; process to combine. Add sugar and yogurt; process until combined.
• With processor running, add oil and then eggs, one at a time, processing until combined. Transfer to a large bowl; stir in carrots.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan.
• Meanwhile, make frosting. With an offset spatula or a butter knife, spread frosting over top of cake. To serve, cut into squares.

CHERRY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Drain and chop cherries, reserving juice; set aside., In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine milk and 1/4 cup reserved cherry juice; add to creamed mixture alternately with flour, beating well after each addition. Fold in 1/2 cup cherries., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 325° for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough reserved cherry juice to achieve spreading consistency. Fold in coconut and remaining chopped cherries. Frost cake. Sprinkle with walnuts and additional coconut if desired.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat the softened butter to a soft and even consistency. Add the orange juice, if using, then the icing sugar. Cream until you have a smooth, soft buttercream consistency.
• Add the cream cheese and work it in - don't beat it in, just slowly mix with a wooden spoon. Depending on how soft the mixture is, you may want to put it in the fridge for 10 mins at this point. If it's runny, it will firm up again. It should be spreadable and not run off the cake.