Drunken Cherry Chocolate Cake Recipe 455

Steps:

• ● Booze up your cherries: o Rinse, drain and pit your 1 lb. of cherries. Roughly chop your pitted cherries and place them in a medium bowl with 1/2 cup golden rum. o Let sit at room temp for 1 hour then drain cherries. Keep both the cherries and the syrup. ● Make the Chocolate Cake. Once cool, slice in half to make two layers. ● Make the Frosting: o Mix the 2 sticks of butter with 3 cups powdered sugar and salt on low speed or until combined (1 min) o Increase speed to medium-high and beat until the mixture is fluffy (2 min). o Add cream cheese 1-piece at a time and mix until combined. o Add 4 Tbsp. reserved cherry liquid, ▪ Reserve the remaining cherry syrup. o Refrigerate frosting until ready to use. Assembling the Cake: ● Stir 1/4 cup cold filtered water into the remaining cherry rum syrup. ● Generously brush the bottom layer with the cherry rum syrup. ● Cover the top with frosting and top with the chopped boozy cherries. ● Refrigerate your unfrosted cake for 15-20 min to let it rest, then frost the top and sides.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs and extract until well blended. Stir in one can of pie filling until blended. Transfer to a 13x9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Top individual servings with remaining pie filling.