Cherry Chip Cake Food

CHERRY CHIP CAKE

Steps:

• Using a food processor or blender, pulse the cherries into small pieces. Drain and let dry for a least an hour.
• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Spray three 8-inch pans (or four 6-inch pans) with nonstick spray, line the bottoms with parchment paper and spray again. Set aside.
• In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, sugar and Jell-O on medium-high speed for about 3 to 5 minutes. You want the mixture to get lighter in color and texture. Make sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure all of the mixture has combined well.
• With the mixer on medium speed, add the egg whites in three additions, making sure to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl between each addition. Once all of the egg whites are added, turn the mixer to medium-high and beat for about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and stir again.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine the buttermilk and cherry juice.
• With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk mixture, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Mix only until combined.
• Toss the chopped cherries in a tablespoon of flour. Fold the cherries into the cake batter.
• Divide the batter between the three 8-inch pans, about 22 ounces of batter in each pan. Bake on the middle rack for about 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs on it.
• Let the cakes cool on write racks, in the pans, for about 15 minutes and then invert onto wire racks to cool completely. TIP: spray your write racks with nonstick spray.
• In a microwave safe bowl, heat the cream on high for about 30 to 40 seconds.
• Pour the cream over the chocolate chips and let sit for about 5 minutes.
• Stir the cream and the chocolate chips until smooth and silky. Let cool to room temperature before using.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter for about 2 minutes, until light and fluffy and pale in color.
• With the mixer on slow, gradually add the powdered sugar, followed by the heavy cream, and the cherry juice.
• Once all of the ingredients are combined, turn the mixer to medium-high and beat for about 3 to 5 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat for a couple minutes more.
• If you want to decorate the cake as pictured, remove about a cup of buttercream from the bowl and tint it red. The remaining buttercream can be tinted a stronger pink with pink food coloring, if desired.
• Before using the buttercream, make sure to beat it by hand with a wooden spoon or large spatula to help push out the air pockets.
• Spread a small dollop of frosting on your cake board. This will act like glue to hold your cake in place.
• Place your first cake layer, top side up, on your cake board. Pipe a rim of buttercream around the edge of the cake.
• Evenly spread about 3 tablespoons of cherry jam over the cake layer, followed by a drizzle of chocolate ganache. You don't need much of either. We want a hint of the cherry and chocolate but nothing that's overpowering the cake and buttercream.
• Place the next cake layer on top of the filling and repeat steps 2 and 3.
• Set your final cake layer, top side down, on your second layer of filling. Apply a thin layer of buttercream over your entire cake. This does not need to look pretty or be even. This coat of frosting is simply to lock in the crumbs. Freeze your cake for about 10 to 15 minutes to set the crumb coat.
• After the crumb coat is set, finish frosting your cake with the buttercream.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHIP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt.
• Add eggs, coffee, milk, oil and vanilla. Beat until smooth (batter will be thin).
• Fold in cherries and chocolate chips. Pour batter into 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean. It's best to leave it in the pan, because the chips and the cherries sort of sink to the bottom and solidify and will stick big time! Frost with white buttercream.
• For the frosting: In a large bowl, combine butter, confectioners sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and vanilla. Cream with an electric mixer. Add milk by the tablespoon until frosting is smooth.

CHERRY-CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Generously grease and lightly flour bottom only of 13x9-inch pan, or spray bottom with cooking spray.
• In small bowl, coat chocolate chips in 1 tablespoon cake mix. In large bowl, beat remaining cake mix, water, sour cream, oil, almond extract and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Drain chopped cherries on paper towels; pat dry. Stir cherries and coated chocolate chips into batter. Pour into pan.
• Bake 31 to 37 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Spread frosting over top of cake. Store loosely covered.

EASY CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease or Spray bottom of two 8 or 9 inch cake pans.
• *Drain juice from cherries and add water to make 1 1/4 cups.
• Chop cherries in half.
• Beat cake mix, cherry juice/water, oil, egg whites and cherries in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 1 1/2 minutes
• Pour into pans.
• Bake 30- 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pans.
• Run knife around sides of pans before removing.
• Cool completely before frosting.
• A White Mountain icing is very good.

CHERRY CHIP POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12 cup Bundt cake pan. Beat cake mix (dry), pudding (dry), milk, oil and egg whites in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Fold in nuts.
• Pour into pan spread evenly.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan, turn upside onto heatproof serving plate, remove pan and cool cake completely.
• Heat frosting in 1 quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until melted or microwave in small bowl. Drizzle over cake.

CHERRY ANGEL FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Make sure your 10 inch tube pan is clean and dry. Sift flour three times and set aside.
• In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites with salt and cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Blend in vanilla and almond extract. Fold the flour into the whites until no streaks remain. Pour half of the batter into pan. Sprinkle with half of the cherries. Fill pan with remaining batter and top with remaining cherries.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Invert pan and allow to hang until cake cools.

CHERRY CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350*F (175*C). Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt or tube pan. Set aside.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix well. Stir in the pie filling and chocolate chips.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for about 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool on rack for 15 minutes and remove from the pan to cool completely.