Question ID: 1000-4631-0-1-2-3
Recipe Description
Cake:2 c. sugar1 3/4 c. flour3/4 c. cocoa powder1 1/2 tsp baking soda1 1/2 tsp baking powder1 tsp salt2 eggs1/4 c. milk3/4 c. juice from maraschino cherries (the cherries come into play for the filling)2 tsp vanilla extract1 c. hot water Frosting: 3/4 c. butter, softened1 1/2 c. cocoa powder5-6 c. confectioners sugar1/3 c. cherry juice (if you don't have any left, you can substitute for more cream/milk!) 1 tsp vanilla*up to 1/2 c. heavy cream (or milk) - just enough to adjust frosting consistency Filling:a little more than half of your frosting2 boxes Cherry Cordial candy, chopped3/4 c. maraschino cherries, chopped
Preheat your oven to 350°FCombine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In a large bowl, mix together the oil and sugar, until the sugar is well coated. Add in the eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each one. Add in vanilla and milk. Mix in part of your combined dry ingredients, followed by some of the cherry juice, then more dry, more juice, until all ingredients (EXCEPT the hot water!) have been added. Mix well, until batter is smooth. Now carefully add the hot water, mixing well and adding slowly so that the batter temperature is raised evenly. Pour cake batter into 2 prepared 9" cake pans.Bake for 30-35 minutes.Allow to cool 10-15 minutes, remove from cake pans, and then finish cooling completely.
For your frosting, cream together your butter and cocoa powder. Slowly add in 2 cups (or so) of confectioners sugar, followed by the vanilla and cherry juice. Continue adding in the rest of the sugar. Towards the end, if the frosting starts becoming too thick to mix, add in cream or milk as needed. Mix well until smooth and creamy.For the filling, take a little more than half of your frosting (set the smaller amount aside) Into the filling portion, mix in the chopped maraschino cherries (no juice!), and chopped cherry cordial candies. This will make the filling thinner, but not so much that you're unable to work with it. *- If you want to mix the cherries and cordial candy into all of your frosting, you definitely can! I just wanted the outside of my cake to be smooth =) *If your frosting does get too runny, you can try chilling it. If it's still too runny, add in more confectioners sugar until it's thickened again.
Cut each of your cakes in half, to create 4 layers. Layer your cake and your filling together - I like to stick the cake in the fridge for a few minutes between layers to help the filling set some and prevent the cake from sliding or squishing the filling out. After all of your layers are completed, wrap well with plastic and let chill until it's safe to work with (if you live in a cooler area, you might be able to skip this step - but my cake was still too soft to attempt to frost.)Finally, finish off with your smooth frosting! Again, this cake is good on day 1. BUT is even more intensely cherry after a day of resting!
Question & Answer
Question: Choose the best title for the missing blank to correctly complete the recipe.
Ingredients
Cake
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Layers and Frosting
Choices:
(A) Dark Cherry Cake
(B) All Together
(C) Daft Punk Animatronic Cake
(D) Frosting/Filling
(D) Frosting/Filling