Cherry Cake with Cherry Frosting

This Cherry Cake has been showing up at ladies luncheons, covered dish events, special dinners and sometimes just a fun cake to make for a special holiday. I was recently asked to prepare this cake for a wedding shower and have even made it for a couple of baby showers. This cake is light and fluffy with a very delicate taste of cherry and almond, the fabulous frosting is a dessert all by it's self. I like to prepare surprise treats on special days for my family and this is a cake that they really enjoy.

It's the little touches from the kitchen that help make life special!

Cherry Cake with Cherry Frosting

Miz Helen's Kitchen

Ingredients

For The Cake

2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup shortening,(vegetable shortening)

3/4 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 teaspoons almond extract

1/4 cup Maraschino Cherry Juice

4 egg whites unbeaten

18 Maraschino Cherries, drained and finely chopped

Maraschino Cherries for garnish if desired

Directions

For The Cake

Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl.

Add the shortening to the dry mix and beat on slow to blend about 1 minute.

Mix the milk, vanilla, almond extract and cherry juice.

Add 3/4 of the milk mixture (reserve 1/4 of the liquid) to the dry ingredients and mix on low for 2 minutes.

Add 4 egg whites to the reserved liquid mixture of milk and flavors then add that mixture to the cake batter and mix on low for 2 minutes.

Stir in the chopped cherries.

Pour into greased and floured two 9 inch cake tin's and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until just browned on top and done in the center.

Let cool before frosting.

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Cherry Frosting

Miz Helen's Kitchen

Ingredients For The Frosting

1 8 ounce block cream cheese, at room temperature

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

1/2 cup shortening

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 cup Maraschino Cherry Juice

4 to 6 cups powdered sugar

Directions

In a medium size bowl, cream the cream cheese, butter, shortening until smooth.

Add the extract and the cherry juice and mix until completely blended.

Slowly add in the sugar until you have reached the consistency needed for your frosting.

Garnish with Maraschino Cherries

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Mix The Batter and Stir In The Cherries

 While The Cake Is Cooling Make The Frosting

Frost The Cake and Garnish With Cherries

Slice and Serve

Enjoy Your Cake!

It really warms my heart when our adult children are together and they talk about the special touches that we had at meal time when they were growing up and now they are passing that on to their children.

Thanks so much for stopping by today I am so happy to share this special cake with you today and hope that you are passing special touches on to your family. Have a wonderful week and come back to see me real soon!

Peace and Joy

Miz Helen
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