Best 12 Cherry Nut Cake Recipes

MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT CAKE

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.

CHERRY NUT CAKE

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.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY NUT CAKE

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.

CHERRY NUT POUND CAKE

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.

CHERRY NUT CAKE II

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.

PINEAPPLE-CHERRY NUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss the cherries, pineapple and pecans with 1/2 cup flour; set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extracts. , Combine baking powder and remaining flour; add to creamed mixture. Beat on low speed until well mixed. Fold in cherry mixture until moistened. Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan., Bake at 300° for 2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cake.

CHERRY POUND CAKE WITH CHERRY NUT FROSTING

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.

CHERRY PINEAPPLE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 13 X 9 baking dish.
• Spread pineapple with juice evenly in dish.
• Spread cherry pie filling over pineapple.
• Sprinkle dry cake mix over cherries, then spread pecans over cake mix.
• Cut margarine into thin slices and place over pecans.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

CHERRY NUT SNOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line the bottoms of two 9 inch round pans, or one 9 x 13 inch rectangular pan, with parchment paper.
• In a mixing bowl, stir shortening to soften. Sift in flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Add 3/4 cup of the milk and the flavorings, and mix until all flour is dampened. Beat well, with an electric mixer if possible. Add unbeaten egg whites and remaining milk, and beat well. Stir in nuts and cherries. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely. Fill and frost with Seven Minute Frosting, and decorate with additional maraschino cherry halves.

CHERRY NUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Grease and flour a flat bottomed tube pan.
• 2. In large bowl, mix together sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, butter and eggs. Fold in sour cream. Pour 1/2 batter into pan
• 3. . Mix topping ingredients of sugar, pecans, cherries and cinnamon. Sprinkle 1/2 topping mixture over batter in pan.
• 4. Pour remaining batter into pan. Sprinkle with remaining topping. Bake at 375 for 30 to 45 minutes or til wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Makes 10 to 12 servings.

CHERRY NUT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Topping: Mix sugar and flour-cut in Crisco until crumbly.
• 2. Cake-Cream Crisco, sugar, extracts in large bowl, add eggs, beat well. Combine flour, soda, salt in medium bowl-add to creamed mixture, alternately with sour cream.
• 3. Spread half batter in 13 X 9 baking pan, cover with 1/2 pie filling-spread rest of batter and top with the rest of pie filling.
• 4. Sprinkle with topping mixture. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until pick comes clean. Cool until just slightly warm - drizzle with glaze.

CHERRY NUT CAKE I

Steps:

• Place flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, oil, eggs, cherry pie filling, and chopped nuts in a 9x13 inch pan and mix thoroughly with a fork.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 45 minutes. Serve with whipped topping.