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Cherry Cake
This cherry cake combines a delicious homemade yellow cake, cherry pie, and a quick sweet glaze for one amazingly flavorful cake! Perfect to make all year round!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 337 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 ¾ cups sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup yogurt (plain, vanilla, cherry all work well)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 21 ounces cherry pie filling
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 1 ½ TBS milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray 9"x13" baking pan with cooking spray.
- Cream together sugar, butter, yogurt, vanilla, and eggs until smooth.
- Add flour and baking powder to creamed ingredients and mix well.
- Spread 2/3 of the batter in the baking pan then cover with cherry pie filling. Dot pie filling with remaining batter.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
- Make glaze by combining powdered sugar, almond extract, and milk and mixing well.
- While the cake is still warm, drizzle with glaze.
- Allow cake to cool before cutting and serving.
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Notes
- Use a knife to swirl the top batter around a bit so you don’t end up with huge clumps of the top layer rather than cake throughout.
- Spread the cherry pie filling around into as even of a layer as possible so you get that good layer of cherry in each piece.
- Store cake in the refrigerator for up to a week in an airtight container or just in the baking dish with a lid.
- Cut the cake into smallish pieces. It’s a fairly rich (and moist!) cake so I’d start with small pieces and let people get seconds if they want more.
- Serve with pitted fresh cherries during the summer when cherries are good. Serve with chocolate covered cherries on top during the winter for a fun holiday treat!
Nutrition Information
Calories
337kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
62g
(21%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
61mg
(20%)
Sodium
84mg
(4%)
Potassium
148mg
(4%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
32g
(64%)
Vitamin A
342IU
(7%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
50mg
(5%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 15servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 337
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 337kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 62g | 21% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 61mg | 20% |
| Sodium | 84mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 148mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 32g | 64% |
| Vitamin A | 342IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 50mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.