Cherry Crunch Holiday Cake Recipe
Yield: 1 CakeRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
2 cup: Flour, all-purpose
1 tsp: Baking powder,
1 1/2 tsp: Pumpkin pie spice,
1 Jar: Maraschino cherries,
., 16oz
8 ounce: Mixed dried fruit,
1 1/2 cup: Walnuts, chopped
1 cup: Butter, softened
1/2 cup: Sugar,
6: Eggs,
1 1/2 tsp: Vanilla,
Nonstick cooking spray,
Candy spearmint leaves,
. and/or gumdrops,
Extra Maraschino cherries,
. halved,
Directions:
In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and spices.
Reserving 1/2 cup juice, drain cherries and blot with paper towel.
Coarsely chop. With scissors or knife dipped in flour mixture, chop
fruit. In a medium bowl, toss cherries, chopped fruit and walnuts
with 1/2 cup of the flour mixture until evenly coated. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl at medium speed, beat together the butter and
sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs until well blended. Beat
in vanilla. At low speed, gradually beat in reserved flour mixture
alternately with reserved cherry juice. Stir in reserved fruits and
walnuts.
Use 1 (about 12-inch) star pan with all the batter. Evenly coat pan
with nonstick cooking spray. Spoon in the batter, spreading evenly
into the corners, as necessary. In a preheated 300
F oven, bake for
20 minutes. Gently place candy and halved cherries on top of batter
in holly or tree ornament designs, if desired. Continue baking about
an additional 30 to 35 minutes, or about 50 to 55 minutes total. **
Dallas Morning News -- Neighborhood Shopper -- 18 Dec 96 **
Scanned and formatted for you by The WEE Scot -- paul macGregor
Source from luhu.jp
Reserving 1/2 cup juice, drain cherries and blot with paper towel.
Coarsely chop. With scissors or knife dipped in flour mixture, chop
fruit. In a medium bowl, toss cherries, chopped fruit and walnuts
with 1/2 cup of the flour mixture until evenly coated. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl at medium speed, beat together the butter and
sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs until well blended. Beat
in vanilla. At low speed, gradually beat in reserved flour mixture
alternately with reserved cherry juice. Stir in reserved fruits and
walnuts.
Use 1 (about 12-inch) star pan with all the batter. Evenly coat pan
with nonstick cooking spray. Spoon in the batter, spreading evenly
into the corners, as necessary. In a preheated 300
F oven, bake for
20 minutes. Gently place candy and halved cherries on top of batter
in holly or tree ornament designs, if desired. Continue baking about
an additional 30 to 35 minutes, or about 50 to 55 minutes total. **
Dallas Morning News -- Neighborhood Shopper -- 18 Dec 96 **
Scanned and formatted for you by The WEE Scot -- paul macGregor
Source from luhu.jp