Cherry Chip Cake is the recipe that Lucia makes every most nostalgic birthday and every Valentine’s Day celebration when she wants to create the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely beloved individual from-scratch cherry chip cake that recreates and the most beautifully surpasses the most iconic individual boxed cherry chip cake mix — the most beloved individual childhood birthday cake flavor that so many most individual people remember with the most genuine and the most completely nostalgic individual affection.
Through the most brilliantly designed individual recipe that incorporates the most finely chopped individual maraschino cherries directly through the most properly moist and the most beautifully tender individual buttermilk cake batter alongside the most generous individual pure almond extract that is the most single most specifically defining individual flavor characteristic of the most authentic individual cherry chip cake experience. The most vibrant and the most beautifully pink individual cherry almond buttercream frosting provides the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely nostalgic individual finishing element.
Cherry Chip Cake is the most easy and deeply extraordinary 1-hour moist maraschino cherry almond buttermilk birthday celebration cake made by creaming butter and sugar adding eggs vanilla and almond extract alternating flour and buttermilk folding maraschino cherries baking at 350°F for 28 to 32 minutes and frosting with pink cherry almond buttercream. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful cake recipes and easy birthday favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
This Cherry Chip Cake recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely nostalgic individual from-scratch birthday cake that recreates the most beloved individual cherry chip cake mix individual flavor through the most brilliantly designed individual combination of the most pure almond extract — the single most defining individual flavor characteristic of authentic individual cherry chip cake — the most finely chopped individual maraschino cherries folded through the most moist individual buttermilk batter, and the most vibrantly pink individual cherry almond buttercream that is the most immediately recognizable and the most deeply nostalgic individual cherry chip cake frosting.
The most critical individual technique for the most beautifully distributed and the most evenly scattered individual maraschino cherry pieces through every individual crumb is the most thorough individual patting-dry of the most finely chopped individual cherries before folding — excess individual maraschino cherry juice produces the most undesirably pink and the most improperly tinted individual batter while the most properly drained and the most patted-dry individual cherry pieces distribute the most evenly and the most beautifully. Our Strawberry Lemon Cake makes a beautifully equally fresh fruit and equally beautifully pink companion for a complete and wonderful pink celebration cake collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
For the Cherry Chip Cake Layers:
- 2½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¾ cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1¾ cups Granulated Sugar
- 4 large Egg Whites, room temperature (for the most beautifully white individual crumb that showcases the cherry pieces)
- 1½ tsp Pure Almond Extract
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Buttermilk, room temperature
- 1 cup Maraschino Cherries, drained, patted dry, and finely chopped
For the Cherry Almond Buttercream:
- 1½ cups Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 4 to 5 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
- 3 tbsp Reserved Maraschino Cherry Juice
- 1 tsp Pure Almond Extract
- 1 to 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
- Pinch of Salt
- Additional Maraschino Cherries for garnish
How to Make This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line two 9-inch round cake pans.
Drain the maraschino cherries thoroughly — reserve the most 3 tablespoons of individual cherry juice for the individual buttercream frosting. Pat the most drained individual cherries the most completely dry with paper towels, then finely chop to the most small individual pieces approximately the same size as mini chocolate chips. Set aside, cara mia.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Beat the softened butter and sugar on medium-high for 2 to 3 minutes until the most light and the most beautifully fluffy. Add the egg whites in three additions, beating the most well after each. Add the almond and vanilla extracts.
With the mixer on low, alternate adding the flour mixture in three additions with the buttermilk in two additions, beginning and ending with flour. Mix just until combined. Gently fold in the most finely chopped and the most thoroughly dried individual maraschino cherry pieces.
Divide evenly between the two prepared pans and bake for 28 to 32 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
For the cherry almond buttercream, beat the room-temperature butter for 3 minutes until the most pale and fluffy. Gradually add the sifted powdered sugar. Add the reserved individual cherry juice, almond extract, cream, and salt. Beat on medium-high for 3 minutes until the most beautifully pink and the most incredibly fluffy.
Assemble with a generous layer of pink cherry almond buttercream between and frost the exterior. Garnish with whole maraschino cherries pressed into the most freshly frosted surface.
How to Serve This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
Serve at room temperature for the most beautifully softened individual cherry almond buttercream and the most properly set individual cherry chip cake crumb. The most vibrant individual pink cherry almond buttercream is at its most beautifully saturated and the most properly soft individual texture at room temperature after 20 minutes out of the refrigerator.
For the most completely extraordinary individual Valentine’s Day or birthday presentation, arrange individual maraschino cherries with their most beautiful stems intact in the most gorgeous individual crown around the entire top edge of the individual frosted cake for the most classically charming and the most genuinely nostalgic individual cherry chip cake garnish. Our Strawberry Lemon Cake makes a beautifully equally pink celebration and equally beautifully layered companion for a complete and wonderful pink birthday cake collection.
How to Store This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or refrigerate for up to one week. Allow 20 to 30 minutes at room temperature before serving from the refrigerator for the most properly softened individual cherry almond buttercream. Freeze individual unfrosted layers for up to 3 months.
Tips to Make This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
The most egg whites only — rather than whole eggs — is the most critically important individual technique for the most beautifully white and the most properly pale individual cherry chip cake crumb that most dramatically showcases the most vibrant individual red maraschino cherry pieces throughout every individual slice. Whole egg yolks produce the most golden individual crumb that obscures and the most minimizes the most visual individual cherry piece contrast.
Pat the most chopped individual maraschino cherries the most completely dry — the most excess individual maraschino cherry juice in the individual batter produces the most undesirably pink-tinted individual crumb rather than the most beautifully white individual crumb with the most dramatic and the most properly visible individual cherry pieces.
Helpful Notes for This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
The most reserved individual maraschino cherry juice in the individual buttercream produces the most beautifully natural and the most properly pink individual cherry almond frosting without any the most artificial individual food coloring required — the most individual cherry juice provides both the most vibrant individual natural pink individual color and the most authentic individual cherry flavor character simultaneously.
For the most intensely almond-forward individual cherry chip cake character — the most specifically authentic individual flavor that makes cherry chip cake so genuinely extraordinary — use the most pure individual almond extract rather than any the most imitation individual almond flavoring. The most pure individual almond extract at one and a half teaspoons produces the most properly bold and the most beautifully distinct individual almond character that is the most universally beloved in the most authentic individual cherry chip cake.
Variation of This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
Maria made a version using fresh sour cherries in place of maraschino cherries during peak individual cherry season for the most completely extraordinary and the most vibrantly tart individual fresh cherry chip cake. Teresa tried a chocolate cherry chip version — adding two tablespoons of natural cocoa powder to the individual batter — for the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply beloved individual chocolate cherry chip cake.
For a white chocolate cherry chip version, fold half a cup of white chocolate chips alongside the chopped individual maraschino cherries for the most completely extraordinary and the most beautifully sweet individual white chocolate cherry chip cake. Our Orange Creamsicle Cake makes a beautifully equally vibrant naturally-colored and equally individually nostalgic companion for a complete and wonderful celebration cake collection.
FAQs About This Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
Why does the recipe use only egg whites?
Using only the most individual egg whites rather than whole eggs produces the most beautifully white and the most properly pale individual cherry chip cake crumb — the most critical individual visual characteristic that most dramatically showcases the most vibrant individual maraschino cherry pieces throughout every individual slice. The most golden individual color from egg yolks blends with and obscures the most individual cherry piece visual contrast against the most surrounding individual crumb.
Can I use fresh cherries instead of maraschino cherries?
Yes — fresh individual cherries, pitted and the most finely chopped and the most thoroughly dried, substitute beautifully for the most individual maraschino cherries for the most vibrantly natural and the most properly tart individual fresh cherry character. The most individually natural individual fresh cherry flavor is genuinely extraordinary in this individual cake, though the most individual almond character is the most more prominently distinctive with the most individual maraschino cherries.
How do I get the cherry buttercream the right shade of pink?
The most reserved individual maraschino cherry juice provides the most naturally vibrant and the most properly cherry-pink individual buttercream color — add one to two additional tablespoons beyond the most specified three tablespoons for the most deeper and the most more vibrant individual pink, or reduce to two tablespoons for the most lighter and the most more pastel individual pink. One to two drops of individual pink gel food coloring alongside the most cherry juice also intensifies the most individual pink for the most dramatically vibrant individual cherry almond buttercream.
Conclusion
This Cherry Chip Cake is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely nostalgic moist maraschino cherry almond buttermilk birthday celebration cake that makes every Valentine’s Day and every birthday feel genuinely and completely special through the most beautifully white cake crumb with cherry pieces and the most vibrantly pink cherry almond buttercream and the most gorgeous maraschino cherry garnish in every single nostalgically individual and completely irresistible cherry chip cake slice.
We hope it brings the same deeply joyful cherry chip cake birthday nostalgia and the same completely delighted table to your kitchen that it has always brought to ours. Make it, share it, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa
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Cherry Chip Cake The Most Easy Moist Cherry Chip Buttermilk Almond Maraschino Cherry Vanilla Almond Buttercream Celebration Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes including cooling
- Yield: 12 to 14 servings 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
The most extraordinary moist Cherry Chip Cake made by preheating oven to 350°F greasing and lining two 9-inch pans draining 1 cup maraschino cherries reserving 3 tbsp juice patting most completely dry and finely chopping setting aside whisking 2 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt beating 3/4 cup softened butter and 1 3/4 cups sugar medium-high 2 to 3 minutes light and fluffy adding 4 room temperature egg whites in 3 additions beating well after each adding 1 1/2 tsp almond extract and vanilla on low alternating flour in 3 additions with 1 cup room temperature buttermilk in 2 additions beginning and ending with flour just combined gently folding finely chopped patted-dry cherry pieces dividing between pans baking 28 to 32 minutes until toothpick clean cooling 10 minutes then on racks then beating 1 1/2 cups room temperature butter 3 minutes pale and fluffy gradually adding 4 to 5 cups sifted powdered sugar adding reserved cherry juice almond extract cream and salt beating 3 minutes beautifully pink and fluffy assembling with frosting between and over layers garnishing with whole maraschino cherries. A completely perfect moist egg white buttermilk almond maraschino cherry chip pink cherry almond buttercream birthday cake recipe.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 cup Unsalted Butter softened
1 3/4 cups Granulated Sugar
4 large Egg Whites room temperature
1 1/2 tsp Pure Almond Extract
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 cup Buttermilk room temperature
1 cup Maraschino Cherries drained patted dry and finely chopped
1 1/2 cups Unsalted Butter room temperature for frosting
4 to 5 cups Powdered Sugar sifted
3 tbsp Reserved Maraschino Cherry Juice
1 tsp Pure Almond Extract for frosting
1 to 2 tbsp Heavy Cream
Pinch of Salt
Additional Maraschino Cherries for garnish
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F 175°C. Grease and line two 9-inch pans.
2. Drain cherries reserving 3 tbsp juice. Pat most completely dry. Finely chop to small pieces. Set aside.
3. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
4. Beat softened butter and sugar medium-high 2 to 3 minutes light and fluffy. Add egg whites in 3 additions beating well after each. Add almond and vanilla extracts.
5. On low alternate flour in 3 additions with buttermilk in 2 additions. Mix just combined.
6. Gently fold finely chopped patted-dry cherry pieces.
7. Divide between pans. Bake 28 to 32 minutes until toothpick clean.
8. Cool 10 minutes. Transfer to racks. Cool completely.
9. Beat butter 3 minutes pale and fluffy. Add powdered sugar. Add cherry juice, almond extract, cream, and salt. Beat 3 minutes beautifully pink and fluffy.
10. Assemble with frosting between and over layers. Garnish with whole cherries.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 32 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cake, Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Cherry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 510
- Sugar: 54g
- Sodium: 225mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 68g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 62mg
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