Cherry Bundt Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cherries and almond extract pair beautifully in this delectable cake. Yogurt adds subtle flavor and helps keep the cake moist. Recipe by Nancy Baggett.
• Preheat oven to 350degreesF. Very generously coat a 10-inch Bundt or tube pan with cooking spray. Dust the pan with flour, tapping out the excess.
• To prepare cherry filling: Combine sugar and cornstarch in a medium nonreactive saucepan (see Note). Stir in cherries, kirsch (or orange juice), lemon zest and almond extract. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture looks like very thick jam and has reduced to about 1 cup, 5 to 7 minutes.
• To prepare cake: Sift cake flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low, then medium speed, until very light and fluffy, about 1 1/2 minutes, scraping the sides as needed. Add half the yogurt and beat until very smooth. With the mixer on low speed, beat in half the dry ingredients until incorporated. Beat in the remaining yogurt, eggs, vanilla and almond extract until combined, scraping the sides as needed. Stir in the remaining dry ingredients just until incorporated.
• Spoon a generous half of the batter into the prepared pan, spreading to the edges. Spoon the cherry mixture over the batter. Top with the remaining batter. Grease a butter knife and swirl it vertically through the batter and cherries.
• Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part comes out with no crumbs clinging to it and the top springs back when lightly pressed, 50 to 65 minutes. (Dark-colored metal pans usually bake cakes faster than light-colored or shiny metal pans.) Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let stand until the cake is completely cooled, about 1 1/2 hours. Very carefully run a knife around the edges and center tube to loosen the cake from sides and bottom. Rap the pan sharply against the counter several times to loosen completely. Invert the pan onto a serving plate and slide the cake out. Dust the top with confectioners' sugar before serving.
• Recipe Tips & Notes:
• 1. Tip: Be sure to measure frozen cherries while still frozen, then thaw. (Drain juice before using.)
• 2. Notes: Kirsch (also called kirschwasser) is clear cherry brandy, commonly used as a flavor enhancer in fondue and cherries jubilee.
• 3. A nonreactive pan or container-stainless steel, enamel-coated or glass-is necessary when preparing acidic foods, such as cherries, to prevent the food from reacting with the pan or container. Reactive pans, such as aluminum or cast-iron, can impart an off color and/or off flavor in acidic foods.
• Recipe Nutrition:
• Per serving: 311 calories; 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat, 2 g mono unsaturated fat); 43 mg cholesterol; 55 g carbohydrates; 5 g protein; 2 g fiber; 294 mg sodium; 177 mg potassium
• Nutrtion Bonus: Folate (15% daily value).
• 3 1/2 Carbohydrate Servings
• Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 2 other carb, 1 1/2 fat
• To Make Ahead: Equipment: 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan with removable bottom

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar, eggs and extract in large bowl on low speed of electric mixer until blended, then on high speed 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately with cream to creamed mixture, mixing lightly after each addition. Fold in cherries. Turn batter into greased 12-cup bundt or tube pan.
• Bake at 350F for 65-75 minutes. Cover with foil for last 10 minutes if becoming too brown. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely. Dust with icing sugar before serving.
• Helpful Hint: A white icing drizzle is a pretty alternative decoration.

Steps:

• heat the oven to 325.
• In a large bowl combine sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla and mix till well blended.
• Add the eggs one at a time and mix well after each one.
• gradually add 2 cups of the flour with baking powder.
• Mix well.
• Toss remaining 1/4 cup of flour with cherries and chopped nuts.
• Fold into the batter.
• Grease a 10" bundt pan; pour batter inches Bake 1 hr and 20 minute to 1 1/2 hours test with cake tester.
• Cool in wire rack for 5 minute then remove.
• Cool thoroughly.
• Combine icing sugar and milk, mix well and drizzle over the cake.
• Garnish with additional cherries and nuts if you like.I have not personally froze this cake but I tend to think it would freeze good.

Steps:

• For the cakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Chop 6 of the maraschino cherries and toss with a small amount of flour to coat in a small bowl. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and salt and set aside. In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, cherry syrup, baking soda, vanilla and egg with a fork and set aside.
• Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small pan. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat; add the cocoa and whisk to combine. Add the boiling water to the cocoa mixture and allow to bubble for a moment, then turn off the heat.
• Pour the cocoa mixture into the flour mixture. Stir together for a moment to cool the chocolate, then pour in the egg mixture. Mix in the flour-coated cherries.
• Divide the batter among the cavities of a 6-cavity nonstick mini Bundt pan and bake until an inserted cake tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Let the cakes cool in the pan briefly before removing them to a cooling rack placed over a baking sheet.
• For the chocolate ganache: Heat the cream in a small saucepan until very hot, then add the vanilla. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate in a heatproof bowl; stir completely to melt the chocolate.
• Pour the ganache over the cakes. Chop the remaining 6 cherries and sprinkle them over the top. Allow the ganache to set before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; brush the inside of a 10-cup Bundt pan thoroughly with melted butter and dust it lightly with flour (use a pastry brush to help distribute the flour and tap out any excess).
• In a medium saucepan, combine 1/4 cup sugar with the cornstarch; stir in the cherries, orange juice, lemon zest, and 1/4 teaspoon almond extract.
• Bring to a boil over med-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-7 minutes, or until the mixture has thickened considerably and reduced to about 1 cup.
• Whisk the cake flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl until well combined.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat the butter with the remaining 1 cup sugar and the canola oil on medium-low speed for 2-3 minutes, until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the vanilla and remaining 1 teaspoon almond extract.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture (in three increments) alternating with the yogurt (in two increments), beginning and ending with flour and beating until just incorporated.
• Pour a little more than half of the batter into prepared pan.
• Spoon the cherry mixture directly on top of the batter, then pour the remaining batter over the cherries.
• Using a knife, swirl the batter and cherries together.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out with no crumbs (it may have cherries on it).
• Let the cake cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
• Carefully run a knife around the edges of the pan and the center tube to loosen the cake from the sides.
• Invert the pan onto a serving plate.
• Make the glaze-whisk the powdered sugar, almond extract, water, and salt in a small bowl until smooth.
• Drizzle the glaze over the cake, then sprinkle with sliced almonds.
• The cake will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
• The unglazed cake will keep, wrapped well in a layer of plastic wrap and a layer of foil, in the freezer, for up to 2 weeks.

Steps:

• Mix cake mix, eggs oil and vanilla with mixer.
• The batter will be very thick and heavy.
• Add cherry pie filling and mix with mixer.
• Add chocolate chips and stir with wooden spoon.
• Grease bundt pan and fill with batter and level out.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until cake test done.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes and remove from pan.
• When cooled sprinkle with confectionery sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch tube pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and almond extract. Beat in the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Dredge cherries in 1/4 cup flour, then fold into batter. Spread into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease an 8 inch bundt pan.
• Dust with flour, then shake any excess.
• Cut cherries in half and toss them in flour.
• In a mixer, cream butter and sugar until creamy and light.
• Add eggs, then vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients that have been previously sifted and fold by hand alternating with milk.
• Stir in cherries.
• Pour into tin and smooth surface.
• Bake for 35 min or until toothpick comes out clean of the center.
• Let cool in pan for 10 min before unmolding.
• For the glaze, stir all ingredients over a hot water bath or double boiler until smooth.
• Pour over cake.