Sour Cherry Cake Food

SOUR CHERRY PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• In a bowl, stir together the flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder, milk, and vegetable oil to make a smooth batter; scrape batter into the prepared baking dish.
• In a separate bowl, stir the cherries with 1 cup of sugar and the almond extract; spoon the cherry mixture over the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

SOUR CHERRY CRUMB CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking dish, and dust with flour, tapping out excess.
• Make the topping: Stir together butter, flour, sugars, salt, and cinnamon.
• Make the cakes: Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. With a mixer, cream butter and granulated sugar in another bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Working in alternating batches, add flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat until just combined. Pour into prepared dish, and smooth with an offset spatula. Dot top with cherries, and sprinkle with crumb topping.
• Bake until golden and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool before cutting.

SOUR CHERRY CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CAKE

Steps:

• Make sour cherry jam:
• In a small saucepan stir together the cherry jam, balsamic vinegar, and calvados. Simmer over low heat until the liquid reduces and thickens, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand until cooled completely.
• Make shortbread base:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Invert bottom of springform pan (to make it easier to slide shortbread base off bottom), then lock on side of pan and line bottom with a round of parchment paper.
• Pulse hazelnuts with sugar in a food processor until nuts are finely chopped. Add flour, butter, cocoa, and salt and pulse just until a dough forms.
• Press dough evenly onto bottom of springform pan with your fingers. Prick all over with a fork, then bake until just dry to the touch, about 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer base in pan to a rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes. Remove side of pan and carefully slide out parchment from under shortbread, then reattach side of pan around shortbread base.
• Make mousse while shortbread cools:
• Sprinkle gelatin over water in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan and let stand until softened, about 5 minutes. Heat gelatin mixture over low heat, stirring, just until gelatin is melted, about 2 minutes. Whisk in chocolate hazelnut spread until combined and remove from heat.
• Whisk together mascarpone and chocolate hazelnut mixture in a large bowl. Beat together cream, cocoa powder, and sugar in another large bowl with an electric mixer at low speed until just combined, then increase speed to high and beat until cream just holds soft peaks. Whisk one third of whipped cream into mascarpone mixture to lighten, then fold in remaining whipped cream until well combined.
• Use a spoon or rubber spatula to spread the jam mixture evenly on top of shortbread, then spoon the mousse layer on top of the jam, gently smoothing top. Chill, covered, at least 3 hours.
• Make ganache and glaze cake:
• Bring cream to a simmer in a small heavy saucepan and remove from heat. Add chocolate and let stand 1 minute, then gently whisk until completely melted and smooth. Transfer ganache to a small bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened but still pourable, about 20 minutes.
• Run a warm thin knife around inside of springform pan, then remove side. Slide cake off bottom of pan and transfer to a serving plate. Pour ganache onto top of cake and spread, allowing excess ganache to drip down sides.

SOUR CHERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients for cherry layer EXCEPT cherries. Cover and refrigerate.
• In another small bowl, combine flour, sugar, and cinnamon for topping. Cut in butter until mixture becomes coarse crumbs. Cover and refrigerate.
• Place all ingredients for dough in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Program for dough cycle and start.
• Just before dough is complete, grease a 9-inch square baking pan or a 10-inch pie plate.
• Once dough is complete (it will be quite soft and sticky), scrape dough into prepared pan. Dust hands with flour and press dough into pan evenly.
• Carefully spread sour cream mixture over dough, then distribute cherries over sour cream. Sprinkle crumb topping evenly over cherries.
• Place pan on rack in center of cold oven. Turn oven on to 375 degrees F, and bake until edges turn golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (approximately 35 minutes).
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for about 20 minutes. Serve warm.
• MORE NOTES: this coffeecake freezes well. Place in refrigerator overnight or on countertop, unwrapped. Reheat for 12 minutes in a 300 degree F oven.

CHERRY SOUR CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare 2 8-inch round cake pans with non-stick spray (or butter and flour).
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Add the sour cream, butter, egg whites, and almond (or vanilla) extract. Mix together with a hand mixer for 2 minutes until well combined. The batter will be thick.
• Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans. Spread batter to the edges with a spatula or knife.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the pans and cool completely on a cooling rack before proceeding with frosting the cake.
• Using an immersion blender or a food processor, chop the cherry pie filling until the large chunks are gone.
• In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat the butter until smooth and creamy.
• Add part of the powdered sugar and continue mixing until combined. Continue adding in the remaining powdered sugar and mix until smooth and creamy.
• Add in the maraschino cherry juice and continue mixing for another 2 minutes.
• Assess and adjust the frosting consistency as needed. If the frosting will be piped and the frosting is too thin, add another 1/2 cup of powdered sugar. If the frosting is too thick, add another tablespoon of cherry juice or milk.
• Place the bottom cake layer on a cake plate, cake stand, or on a cake decorating stand. Add a little bit of frosting and cover the entire top, about 1/4 inch thick.
• Fill a piping bag with 1 cup of frosting and tip the bag with a 1A Wilton tip. If a piping bag is not available, fill a plastic bag with 1 cup of frosting and cut the corner off to create a round tip.
• Line the outer edge just inside the outer edge on top of the cake layer) of the cake layer with a ribbon of frosting. This will create a dam for the the cherry filling. Squeeze any remaining frosting back into the bowl and use to frost the cake.
• Spoon the cherry pie filling into the middle of the cake and gently spread it to the edges. Be careful not to overfill, the cherry pie filling should not fill higher than the frosting edging that was piped on.
• Gently add the second cake layer on top of the cake. Frost the top and sides of the cake.
• To decorate the top, fill a piping bag with the remaining frosting and tip the bag with a 1M Wilton tip. Create swirls around the top edges of the cake, top with cherries, and sprinkle almond slices (optional). If there is leftover frosting you may use it to add a ribbon around the bottom of the cake.

GLUTEN-FREE APPLE AND SOUR CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180c. Line 22cm cake tin with baking paper. Peel apples and slice into thin pieces.
• Whisk eggs, lemon zest and sugar until thick and creamy (about 8 minutes).
• GraduallY fold in flour. The batter should be the consistency of sour cream.
• Pour oil in the pan.
• Arrange apples and cherries in the bottom of oiled pan. Pour the batter evenly over the fruit.
• Bake the cake for about 40 minutes or until golden and cooked when tested.
• Rest cake on rack for about 5 minutes before turning cake upside down on to a plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve warm with whipped cream.

SOUR CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease an 8"x8" square pan.
• In bowl of a mixer fitted with a whisk, beat together the eggs and sugar until light yellow and fluffy.
• Add margarine and vanilla, stir to combine.
• Mix in cocoa, flour, and baking powder.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Press cherries into the top of the batter.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until set.

ROMANIAN SOUR CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8x16-inch cake pan.
• Beat egg whites in a bowl until foamy. Add sugar little by little while continuing to beat.
• Blend the yolks and oil together in a bowl.
• Add the yolk mixture to the bowl with the egg whites. Add lemon zest and vanilla extract. Mix for 3 more minutes. Gently blend in flour using a tablespoon. Pour batter into the prepared pan and spread cherries on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown, 40 to 60 minutes. Turn off the oven, leaving cake inside with the door closed for 30 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.

SOUR CREAM CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Mix egg yolks, lemon rind and juice, sugar and yogurt together.
• Sift in flour, baking soda, salt and mix thoroughly.
• Mix in cherries or other fruit.
• Beat egg whites until stiff (if you can, great, otherwise a bit watery is fine) and mix inches.
• Pour into greased loaf pan
• Bake at 350 for 40-50 minutes.

SOUR CHERRY GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Spray and flour three 8-inch cakes pans and line the bottoms with parchment circles.
• Combine the chocolate and 4 tablespoons of the butter in the top of a double boiler and heat until melted. Stir until smooth, then stir in the milk. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
• Whisk the egg whites in a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment to firm peaks. In a new mixer bowl, combine the sugar and remaining 1 1/2 sticks butter. Beat with the paddle attachment on high speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. On medium speed, add the egg yolks one at time and beat until smooth. Beat in the vanilla. Add the chocolate mixture and beat just to combine. Add the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat just until the batter is smooth.
• Remove the bowl from the mixer. Add the egg whites and fold with a spatula just to incorporate (there should be no streaks of egg whites, but fold gently so as not to deflate too much). Divide the batter among the prepared pans.
• Bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool on a rack in the pans for about 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely. Remove the parchment.
• For the topping: To assemble, set a cake layer on a cake stand flat-side up. Spread 1/2 cup of the jam almost to the edges of the layer. Top with a second cake layer. Spread with the remaining jam and top with the third cake layer, flat-side up. Pour the fudge sauce over the cake and use an offset spatula to cover the top and let it drip down the sides of the cake. Sprinkle toasted coconut on top to garnish right before serving.

SOUR CHERRY AND LEMON ICE-BOX CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly grease the baking tin and line the base with parchment paper. If you want to remove the cake from the tin to serve, you can line the tin with a piece of parchment paper that overhangs the two long sides.
• For the cherry compote, place the cherries, kirsch, sugar and lemon juice into a large saucepan and cook over a medium-high heat for about 5 minutes, until the fruit softens and releases a lot of juice. Use a slotted spoon to remove the cherries to a heatproof bowl, leaving the syrup in the pan. Continue cooking the syrup until it is reduced to about 240 ml (8½ fl oz / 1 cup).
• Place the cornflour in a small bowl and whisk in a little of the cherry syrup to form a smooth paste. Add this to the cherry syrup in the pan and simmer, stirring, for a couple of minutes, or until slightly thickened. Pour the syrup over the fruit, cool slightly, then cover with clingfilm and refrigerate until cool.
• For the filling, whisk together the mascarpone, icing sugar, 600 ml (20 fl oz / 2½ cups) of the cream and the vanilla in a bowl until the mixture just starts to hold its shape. Add the lemon curd and continue whisking until the mixture holds soft peaks.
• To assemble the dessert, spread a thin layer of the lemon cream over the base of the prepared tin, then cover with a layer of biscuits, breaking them up as needed. Spread over half of the remaining lemon cream and then dollop over about a third of the cherry compote. Repeat the layering a second time and then finish with a final layer of biscuits.
• Cover the tin with clingfilm and refrigerate or freeze for at least 4 hours before serving.
• Just before serving, whip the remaining cream to soft peaks and spread over the dessert. Cut into slices and serve each portion with a spoonful of the remaining compote.
• Store in a sealed container in the freezer for up to 2 weeks; if refrigerated, it will keep for 3-4 days.

SOUR CHERRY CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Sour cherries: Weigh the sour cherries and mix in 50 g of the brown sugar. Set aside.
• Grease or line a 20 cm cake tin with baking paper.
• Preheat the oven 180°C fan / 400°F / Gas 6.
• Cake mix: In a large bowl, beat the butter and the remaining sugar until pale and fluffy.
• Mix in the ground almonds and vanilla.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Now add the baking powder, salt and flour. Mix until combined.
• Chop the chocolate into small chunks and add to the batter along with half of the sour cherries. Gently stir until they are evenly distributed.
• Spread the mixture into the cake tin and smooth the surface even.
• Scatter over the remaining sour cherries.
• Baking: Bake the cake for 25-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.
• Once cooled, remove from the tin and dust with icing sugar to serve.