With Christmas around corner, this delicious Christmas Cherry Cake recipe is perfect to add to your list of must have cakes. it’s fluffy, light, delicious and most of all perfect. Give it a try .
Ingredients
- 3 cups cake flour
- 2 tablespoon all purpose flour for coating the fruits
- 1 1/2 – 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups margarine or butter, softened
- 2 cups mixed cherry
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon lime juice or 1 teaspoon lime rind
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon or more almond extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk (evaporated, or whole milk)
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
- in a large bowl, add butter or margarine and mix for a couple seconds. next add sugar and cream until light and fluffy.
- next add eggs one at a time and mix well. add lime juice or rind and vanilla and almond extract and mix until combined. set aside.
- add dry ingredients in another bowl and mix well. set aside. add reserved flour to mixed cherry and coat very well. set aside.
- next add flour mixture in three parts alternating with milk ending with flour mixture. remember to gently fold in the flour.
- next add cherry and slowly mix in.
- place batter in a greased and floured cake pan and tap a few times to get rid of any air bubbles. place in oven and bake for approximately one hour depending on your oven and the cake pan used.
- remove from oven once a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing and place on rack to cool completely. slice and enjoy!
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