Cherry Nut Cake I Recipes

Steps:

• Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of 2 greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease paper., In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. In a small bowl, mix cream and cherry juice. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with cream mixture, beating well after each addition. Fold in cherries and walnuts. With clean beaters, beat egg whites on medium speed until stiff glossy peaks form. Fold into batter., Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., In a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form. Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread top with half the whipped cream. Top with remaining cake layer; spread with remaining whipped cream. Decorate with cherries.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a small bowl or container, mix together granulated sugar and ground cinnamon and set aside.
• In another small bowl mix together the walnuts, cherries and 2 tablespoons of flour to coat. This will prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake. Set aside.
• Cream together the sugar and margarine.
• Beat in vanilla and almond extracts and eggs, one at a time.
• Beat in sour cream and buttermilk.
• Sift together: flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, and add to wet ingredients.
• Fold in the nuts and cherries.
• Spray the bundt pan heavily with Pam and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture.
• Pour in the batter.
• Bake for 27 to 35 minutes on middle rack, until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pans before removing to wire rack.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, sour cream, eggs and extract. Stir in pie filling. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Frost with chocolate frosting. Sprinkle with nuts if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or one 9x13-inch cake pan.
• Reserve 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice. Coarsely chop the cherries to make 1/2 cup. Set aside.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and set aside.
• Beat shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium high speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1 1/3 cups white sugar and beat until well combined. Add the egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Combine 2/3 cup milk and reserved 1/4 cup cherry juice. Add the flour and milk mixture alternately to the shortening mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until just combined. Stir in the chopped cherries and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• In preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger or a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes for round cakes (or 30 to 35 minutes for a 9x13 inch pan). Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to cool completely.
• To make frosting: beat 3/4 cups butter in a large bowl till fluffy. Gradually add 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar; beat well. Slowly beat in 1/3 cup milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Gradually beat in the remaining 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar. Beat in additional milk (1 to 2 tablespoons) if needed, to make frosting of spreading consistency. If desired, tint the frosting pink by adding 6 drops of red food coloring.
• Once cake is completely cool, frost with butter frosting and decorate with maraschino cherries with stems.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine butter and confectioner's sugar; cream well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in almond extract.
• Blend in flour mixture alternating with milk.
• Fold in maraschino cherries and nuts.
• Spoon batter evenly into a well-greased and floured tube pan (10" will work but better if a little smaller).
• Bake 55 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes.
• Brush melted butter on the top of the cake and sprinkle with a cinnamon sugar mixture (amount depends on how thick a cinnamon sugar mixture you'd like. I put a lot of butter on top so that I can get a nice layer of cinnamon sugar).
• Cool 20 minutes and carefully remove from pan so as not to disturb your cinnamon sugar topping.
• Cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch tube pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper and dust pan with flour.
• Cream the light butter together with the white sugar. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each one. Mix in the vanilla extract. Stir in 3 cups of the flour, baking powder, and salt and blend well.
• Toss candied cherries, chopped pecans, candied pineapple, and white raisins with the remaining 1 cup flour. Stir fruit and nut mixture into the batter and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for 3 hours. Let cake cool for 20 minutes before removing from pan.
• After cake is cold, cut a piece of waxed paper to fit the top of the cake. Put the apple slices on top of the waxed paper and put cake into a closed container. Store cake in a cool dry area for about 3 days or until the cake takes up the juice from the apple slices. Remove apple slice and waxed paper and serve.

Steps:

• Cream butter, crisco, and sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add flour alternatively with milk & cherry juice; add vanilla.
• Chop cherries and add to batter.
• Bake in greased and floured 10" tube pan at 300 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• FROSTING:.
• Cream together cream cheese and butter.
• Add remaining ingredients and enough cherry juice to make icing smooth and spreading consistency.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Butter a 9" square cake pan.
• Put dates, butter and baking soda in a bowl. Carefully pour boiling water over the dates; let cool.
• Meanwhile, mix flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl, mix egg and vanilla.
• When the date mixture is cool, stir in egg mixture and then stir in flour mixture.
• Stir in nuts and cherries.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan; bake for about 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar together.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each one.
• Add sour cream, vanilla, and remaining ingredients.
• Mix just until moist.
• Pour into a greased 10" round pan.
• Bake at 350° for one hour.