Celebrating is easy with a one-layer cake that goes together in a snap!
Cheery Cherry Cake
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 5 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice
- 2 egg whites
- 8 maraschino cherries, cut into eighths
- 1 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- Gummy rings candy, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and side of 8- or 9-inch round cake pan with shortening; lightly flour.
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Step2In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until combined. Add shortening, milk and cherry juice. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg whites. Beat 2 minutes. Fold in cherries; pour into pan.
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Step3Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step4Spread with frosting. Decorate with candies.
Nutrition
480
Calories
23g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
66g
Total Carbohydrate
50g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 480
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 23g
- 35%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 37%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 360mg
- 15%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 66g
- 22%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 50g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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