Name: Fresh Cherry Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cherries 4 cups; Cherry juice 1¼ cups; All-purpose flour 2 cups; Baking powder 2 tsp; Salt ½ tsp; Sugar 1 plus ½ cups; Butter ½ cup; Milk 1 cup; Vanilla extract 1 tsp

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

4 cups Cherries
halved and pitted
1¼ cups Cherry juice
2 cups All-purpose flour
2 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Salt
1 plus ½ cups Sugar
divided
½ cup Butter
softened
1 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla extract

Fresh Cherry Cake

This Fresh Cherry Cake is a simple and beautiful vanilla oven baked cake with fresh cherries and cherry juices drizzled on top. I use a typical vanilla cake base which you can add some extra vanilla extract to, for a hint of more flavor.

Design your fresh cherries with your own patterns and have fun decorating with drizzles of cherry juices too. Easy, Fun and Beautiful.

To make Fresh Cherry Cake, you will need the following ingredients:

So, how to make Fresh Cherry Cake?

Steps to make Fresh Cherry Cake

1	Preheat oven and prepare baking pan	10
Preheat oven to 375 °F and grease a deep 9x13-inch baking pan.
2	Combine dry ingredients	2
In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder and salt together.
3	Combine butter and sugar	5
In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer, beat 1 cup sugar and butter together, for about 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy.
4	Add milk and vanilla extract	2
Add the milk and vanilla extract and stir to mix.
5	Combine wet and dry ingredients	3
Combine the flour and butter mixture; mix for 2-3 minutes until well blended and thick.
6	Prepare cake	10
Pour batter into prepared baking dish and arrange the fresh cherries on top with drizzles of cherry juice for decoration. Top with sprinkles of ½ cup sugar.
7	Bake	45
Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
8	Serve	1h
Allow to cool before cutting and serving.

Make your own Fresh Cherry Cake with this simple and fun recipe. This is also a good recipe option to involve the kids with because of the quick preparation time and little mess involved. Send us your pretty designs and creations and tag #cookmerecipes in your pictures and posts on your social media pages!

Lilly Mathuse

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