When I was a child my mother would always make me a cherry chocolate cake for my birthday.
It was the only time of year that we would have this cake and I always looked forward to it.
I now make this cake for my children.
Servings: 12
INGREDIENTS:
1 box Pillsbury Chocolate Cake Mix (prepared according to box directions)
1 can Cherry Pie Filling
1 box Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix
2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
3 drops Red Food Coloring
DIRECTIONS:
Place a metal bowl and beaters for hand mixer in the freezer.
Prepare chocolate cake mix and bake in two 8 inch round cake pans.
Remove bowl and beaters from the freezer. Add 2 cups heavy whipping cream and Fluffy White Frosting mix. Using a hand mixer, beat whipping cream and frosting mix for 2 minutes, add 3 drops red food coloring, continue beating until stiff peaks form. Place in refrigerator.
Allow cake to fully cool before frosting.
Place on 8 inch cake round top side down on a plate. In center of the cake round place cherry pie filling in a circle leaving 1 inch on the outside of the cake without cherries.
Using a teaspoon, spoon frosting around the edge of the cake.
Place second cake round on top and repeat cherries in the middle and frosting around the outside edge.
Frost outside of cake with a spatula.
Place a dollop of frosing in the middle of the cherries and then one cherry in the middle of the dollop (the birthday person gets the dollop and cherry with their slice).
Keep cake refrigerated until ready to serve.
I hope you all enjoy this family tradition!
HAPPY EATING,
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