Cherry Garcia Cake
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Cherry Garcia Cake is a stack of vanilla cherry cake layers with homemade cherry icing. This cherry chocolate chip cake is up to bakery standards!
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Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 2 boxes French Vanilla Cake Mix
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 6 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups chopped maraschino cherries
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
Cherry Frosting Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3 teaspoons cherry extract
- 3-6 drops red gel food coloring
Vanilla Frosting Ingredients
- 3 cups unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3-6 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Decoration Ingredients
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- Chocolate shaving sprinkles
- 1/2 cup Maraschino cherries with stem
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Instructions
Cake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cake pans with pam baking spray.
- Using a standing mixer, beat all cake ingredients together until combined and well mixed.
- Fold in the chopped cherries and chocolate chips.
- Divide the batter evenly between the three cake pans.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean in the center.
- Allow to cool completely on the counter.
Frosting Directions
- Using a standing mixer, beat together all cherry frosting ingredients for 5-7 minutes or until frosting is smooth and combined with stiff peaks.
- Scoop into a bowl and set aside.
- Clean out the mixer bowl.
- Using the vanilla frosting ingredients, beat together in the standing mixer for 5-7 minutes or until frosting is smooth and combined with stiff peaks.
- Scoop 1 1/2 C of the white frosting into the piping bag and set aside.
Building the cake directions
- Using the cake leveler, cut the domes off the cake rounds to make them leveled.
- Place one cake round onto the cake board.
- Scoop 1 1/2 C of the cherry frosting onto the top of the cake and smooth evenly with the angled spatula.
- Place another cake round on top of the first one.
- Scoop another 1 1/2 C of the cherry frosting onto the second cake round and smooth evenly.
- Place the third cake round on top of the second one.
- Scoop remaining white frosting onto the top of the cake and frost entire cake.
- Sprinkle the mini chocolate chips around the bottom of the cake.
- Pipe dollops of frosting along the top of the cake.
- Sprinkle the chocolate shavings onto the dollops.
- Top the dollops with Cherries.
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Nutrition Information
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Serving
18
Calories
1202kcal
(60%)
Carbohydrates
133g
(44%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
74g
(114%)
Saturated Fat
46g
(230%)
Cholesterol
166mg
(55%)
Sodium
446mg
(19%)
Potassium
229mg
(7%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
105g
(210%)
Vitamin A
1983IU
(40%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
205mg
(21%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 18Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1202 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 18 | |
| Calories | 1202kcal | 60% |
| Carbohydrates | 133g | 44% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 74g | 114% |
| Saturated Fat | 46g | 230% |
| Cholesterol | 166mg | 55% |
| Sodium | 446mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 229mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 105g | 210% |
| Vitamin A | 1983IU | 40% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 205mg | 21% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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