Cherry Sheet Cake is the recipe that Teresa makes every potluck and every most casual summer celebration when she wants to create the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely crowd-feeding individual cherry celebration cake in the most conveniently single-pan and the most effortlessly shareable 9 by 13-inch sheet cake format — because the most brilliantly clever technique of folding the most entire can of individual cherry pie filling directly through the most properly moistened individual sour cream and almond-scented individual cake batter creates.
The most dramatically jewel-toned and the most vibrantly ruby-red individual cherry pockets throughout every individual crumb of the most moist and the most properly almond-fragrant individual sheet cake that feeds twenty to twenty-four individual generous portions with the most effortless and the most completely beginner-friendly individual preparation. The most beautifully silky and the most properly tangy individual cream cheese frosting completes the most classic and the most genuinely extraordinary individual cherry sheet cake experience.
Cherry Sheet Cake is the most easy and deeply extraordinary 55-minute moist cherry almond potluck celebration sheet cake made by creaming butter and sugar adding eggs vanilla and almond extract alternating flour and sour cream folding cherry pie filling baking at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes and frosting with cream cheese frosting. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful cake recipes and easy potluck favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
This Cherry Sheet Cake recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely brilliant individual potluck sheet cake that uses the most clever direct-fold technique — folding the most entire can of individual cherry pie filling directly through the most finished individual batter rather than layering over the most top — to create the most beautifully distributed and the most properly jewel-toned individual ruby cherry pockets throughout every individual crumb of the most entire sheet cake.
The most individual almond extract is the single most important individual flavor enhancement in this recipe — the most naturally complementary almond and cherry individual flavor pairing is the most universally beloved and the most classically extraordinary individual combination that elevates this from the most simply cherry-flavored individual sheet cake into the most genuinely extraordinary and the most properly sophisticated individual cherry almond celebration sheet cake. Our Cherry Chip Cake makes a beautifully equally cherry almond and equally individually beautiful companion for a complete and wonderful cherry cake collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
For the Cherry Almond Sheet Cake:
- 2½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1½ tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¾ cup Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1¾ cups Granulated Sugar
- 3 large Eggs, room temperature
- 1½ tsp Pure Almond Extract
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- ¾ cup Sour Cream, room temperature
- 1 can (21 oz) Cherry Pie Filling
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 8 oz Full-Fat Brick-Style Cream Cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 3 to 4 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- ½ tsp Pure Almond Extract
- Pinch of Salt
- Additional Maraschino Cherries for garnish (optional)
How to Make This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking pan and line with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, 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 eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each. Add the almond extract and vanilla, cara mia.
Add the flour mixture alternating with the sour cream in two additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Mix just until combined.
Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the most entire can of individual cherry pie filling through the individual batter in 6 to 8 the most deliberate individual fold motions — some individual cherry pieces may break apart, which is the most completely acceptable. Do not overfold. The batter will appear the most beautifully marbled and the most vibrant cherry-pink throughout.
Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the most cake portion — avoiding cherry pieces — comes out clean. Cool completely in the pan before frosting.
For the cream cheese frosting, beat the room-temperature cream cheese and butter until the most silky smooth. Add sifted powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract, and salt. Beat until the most fluffy. Spread most generously over the most completely cooled individual sheet cake.
How to Serve This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
Serve directly from the pan in the most generous individual rectangle portions. For the most beautifully garnished individual presentation, place whole individual maraschino cherries in the most neat individual rows over the frosted top surface before serving for the most classically charming and the most genuinely cherry-celebration-appropriate individual potluck presentation.
For the most completely extraordinary individual potluck experience, bring the entire individual baking dish and serve individual portions with a the most large individual spoon for the most conveniently casual and the most genuinely crowd-pleasing individual cherry sheet cake potluck presentation. Our Sprinkle Sheet Cake makes a beautifully equally crowd-feeding and equally celebration-worthy companion for a complete and wonderful sheet cake collection.
How to Store This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
Refrigerate covered for up to 5 days due to the cream cheese frosting. Allow 20 minutes at room temperature before serving for the most properly softened individual cream cheese frosting. The most individual cherry pie filling keeps the individual cake crumb the most beautifully moist throughout the most entire storage period.
Tips to Make This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
Fold the individual cherry pie filling through the individual batter with only 6 to 8 the most deliberate individual fold motions rather than vigorous stirring for the most beautifully defined and the most properly visible individual ruby cherry pockets throughout every individual crumb. Excessive folding breaks the most individual cherry pieces into the most improperly tiny fragments and produces the most uniformly pink and the most less visually interesting individual crumb rather than the most dramatic and the most properly jewel-toned individual cherry pocket effect.
Test for doneness by inserting the individual toothpick into the most individual cake crumb area deliberately avoiding any the most individual cherry pieces — the most individual cherry pie filling makes the most toothpick appear the most wet even when the most surrounding individual cake is the most properly baked. The most surrounding individual crumb should appear the most set and the most spring back when touched.
Helpful Notes for This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
The most sour cream in the individual batter is the most critical individual moisture ingredient — the most high individual fat content and the most gentle individual acidity of sour cream produces the most beautifully tender and the most properly moist individual crumb that enhances rather than competes with the most intense individual cherry pie filling flavor.
For the most beautifully defined individual cherry layer visible in every slice, reserve half the individual batter in the pan, layer the most cherry pie filling evenly over the most bottom individual batter layer, then pour the most remaining individual batter over the most top for the most dramatically defined and the most beautifully layered individual cherry-and-cake cross-section rather than the most folded-through individual cherry distribution.
Variation of This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
Maria made a version substituting blueberry pie filling for the most individual cherry pie filling for the most completely extraordinary and the most vibrantly beautiful individual blueberry almond sheet cake. Teresa tried an apple cinnamon version — substituting apple pie filling and adding one teaspoon of cinnamon to the individual batter — for the most completely extraordinary and the most warmly autumnal individual apple cinnamon sheet cake.
For a pineapple cherry version, add half a cup of the most drained crushed pineapple to the individual batter alongside the cherry pie filling for the most completely extraordinary and the most tropically vibrant individual pineapple cherry almond sheet cake. Our Sprinkle Sheet Cake makes a beautifully equally crowd-feeding and equally frosted companion for a complete and wonderful sheet cake collection.
FAQs About This Cherry Sheet Cake Recipe
Can I use fresh cherries instead of pie filling?
Yes — pit and roughly chop two cups of individual fresh sweet cherries and toss with three tablespoons of sugar and one tablespoon of cornstarch before folding through the individual batter for the most vibrantly natural and the most properly fresh individual cherry character. The most individual cornstarch coating prevents the most excessive individual fresh cherry juice from making the most individual batter the most improperly wet during baking.
Why does the recipe use sour cream?
Sour cream provides the most essential individual fat and the most gentle individual acidity for the most beautifully moist and the most properly tender individual crumb character that most effectively supports and the most beautifully complements the most intense individual cherry pie filling without becoming the most overwhelmed by the most individual filling’s natural sweetness and the most individual acidity.
Can I make this into a two-layer round cake?
Yes — divide the individual batter and cherry pie filling between two greased 9-inch round pans and bake at 350°F for approximately 28 to 32 minutes for the most completely extraordinary and the most beautifully impressive individual two-layer cherry almond celebration cake with the same most silky individual cream cheese frosting.
Conclusion
This Cherry Sheet Cake is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely crowd-pleasing moist cherry almond potluck sheet cake that makes every gathering and every summer occasion feel genuinely and completely special through the most vibrant cherry pie filling pockets and the most fragrant almond sour cream crumb and the most silky cream cheese frosting in every single generously portioned and completely irresistible cherry sheet cake rectangle.
We hope it brings the same deeply joyful cherry almond sheet cake potluck delight and the same completely scraped-clean pan 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 Sheet Cake The Most Easy Moist Cherry Pie Filling Almond Sour Cream Cream Cheese Frosting Potluck Celebration Sheet Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes including cooling
- Yield: 20 to 24 servings 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
The most extraordinary moist Cherry Sheet Cake made by preheating oven to 350°F greasing and lining 9×13 pan whisking 2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 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 3 room temperature eggs one at a time then 1 1/2 tsp almond extract and vanilla alternating flour with 3/4 cup room temperature sour cream beginning and ending with flour just combined gently folding entire 21 oz can cherry pie filling through batter in 6 to 8 deliberate fold motions batter will appear beautifully marbled and cherry-pink pouring into pan smoothing baking 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick in cake portion clean cooling completely then beating 8 oz room temperature cream cheese and 1/2 cup room temperature butter silky smooth adding 3 to 4 cups sifted powdered sugar vanilla almond extract and salt beating fluffy spreading generously over cooled cake garnishing with maraschino cherries. A completely perfect moist almond sour cream cherry pie filling cream cheese frosting potluck sheet cake recipe.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 cup Unsalted Butter softened
1 3/4 cups Granulated Sugar
3 large Eggs room temperature
1 1/2 tsp Pure Almond Extract
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
3/4 cup Sour Cream room temperature
1 can 21 oz Cherry Pie Filling
8 oz Full-Fat Brick-Style Cream Cheese room temperature
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter room temperature for frosting
3 to 4 cups Powdered Sugar sifted
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract for frosting
1/2 tsp Pure Almond Extract for frosting
Pinch of Salt
Additional Maraschino Cherries for garnish optional
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F 175°C. Grease and line 9×13 pan.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. Beat softened butter and sugar medium-high 2 to 3 minutes light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add almond and vanilla extracts.
4. Alternate flour with sour cream beginning and ending with flour. Mix just combined.
5. Gently fold entire can of cherry pie filling through batter in 6 to 8 deliberate fold motions. Do not overfold.
6. Pour into pan. Smooth top. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick in cake portion clean.
7. Cool completely in pan.
8. Beat cream cheese and butter silky smooth. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract, and salt. Beat fluffy.
9. Spread generously over cooled cake. Garnish with maraschino cherries.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cake, Sheet Cake, Potluck, Cherry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 rectangle
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 195mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 49g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 62mg
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