Last year, my good friend had her lovely daughter baptized. The theme was butterflies and the colors were
bright pink, navy, & white.
To match with the theme, I
made the cake (and cupcakes) half white cake, and half (pink) cherry vanilla
cake. With some lovely butterflies swirling
around a 3-tired cake, it was a real show stopper!
And as the real icing on the
cake, we got a very rare action shot of the cake construction!
Recipe notes:
*If there is not enough maraschino cherry juice for a complete
2/3 cup, fill the remainder with water.
Cherry Vanilla Cake
Adapted from Jam Hands
1 (10 oz) jar maraschino
cherries; drained, juice reserved
2/3 cup reserved maraschino
cherry juice (see note)
1 package of white cake mix
1 ¼ cups water (or as
indicated on the package)
1/3 cup canola oil (or as
indicated on the package)
½ cup canola oil (in addition
to the previous amount)
4 egg whites
1 cup all purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
3-5 drop red food coloring,
optional
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and spray two
8x2 inch pans with non stick spray (or line 24-28 cups of a muffin tin with
paper liners.)
Drain the maraschino cherries, reserving the
juice. Place the cherries in a food
processor and pulse several times, until the cherries are roughly chopped. Set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the
white cake mix, water, oil (in the amount indicated on the packaging, plus ½ cup), egg whites, flour, sugar,
baking powder, reserved maraschino cherry juice, and food coloring.
Stir on low until the ingredients are
combined. Then, turn to medium and beat
for an additional 2 minutes or until the batter is smooth. Fold in the chopped cherries with a spoon. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and
bake for 35-45 minutes or until the toothpick inserted into the center comes
out clean.
Move the cakes to wire racks. Cool for 10 minutes, then run a knife along
the edges and flip onto the racks to cool completely.
Frost with your favorite icing. I used Almond Buttercream.
This looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteWould love for you to link it and your other party posts up at my new Empty Your Archive link party - there is a focus this week on parties, Alice @ Mums Make Lists x
WOW! You are so talented! This is absolutely beautiful. {and I'm sure it was yummy, too!} I found you at The DIY Dreamer--thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete~Abby =)
So pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh... WOW Amy! The cake is FABULOUS!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer... From Dream To Reality! I can't wait to see what you link up tomorrow evening!
How fun! It's beautiful.... Thanks so much for sharing at Super Saturday Show & Tell… I’m SO glad you came to (link) party with me! http://www.whatscookingwithruthie.com Come back again tomorrow to share! xoxo~ Ruthie
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful cake!!! So nice :)
ReplyDeleteFeaturing you tonight!