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Maraschino Cherry Pound Cake
Debbie Crawford
"A wonderful pound cake full of maraschino cherries and a creamy cherry and cream cheese icing."
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Ingredients
servings 672Original recipe yields 14 servings (1 tube cake)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- In a large bowl, cream the shortening and the white sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Add the flavoring.
- In another bowl, combine flour and baking powder together. Add these dry ingredients alternating with the milk to the creamed mixture. Stir 3/4 cup chopped cherries into the batter.
- Pour batter into a greased tube pan, and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 1/2 hours.
- To Make the Frosting: Cream together the cream cheese and the butter in a small mixing bowl. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar. Stir in the 1/4 cup cherries and coconut. Frost cake when cool.
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Most helpful positive review
3/17/2003
I made this yesterday for my husband's birthday and he loved it. Even though I cheated and used a pound cake mix, I still used this frosting recipe, cutting the sugar down to 1 1/2 cups. The f...
Most helpful critical review
7/25/2006
I was not impressed, this cake tasted like flour and shortening with cherry pieces. I love the idea of using maraschino cherries in a cake but this was disappointing. Probably will not make ag...
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3/17/2003
I made this yesterday for my husband's birthday and he loved it. Even though I cheated and used a pound cake mix, I still used this frosting recipe, cutting the sugar down to 1 1/2 cups. The f...
11/24/2000
This is a moist and delicious cake. The recipe makes a big cake. If you love cherries you will love this cake.
8/15/2007
Absolutely large, dense beautiful pound cake. I, also used butter flavored shortening. Other adjustments included increasing cherries to 1 1/4 c., substituting 1 1/2 t. vanilla and 1 t. almond e...
10/10/2006
This cake turned out excellent, moist, dense and yes it was a large cake so I took some to work and everyone loved it. I used Watkins doublem strength vanilla for the flavoring. Oh, and to the m...
3/10/2006
I baked this cake earlier this week. I decided to bring some to work and share it with my co-workers, they loved it, everyone that had a piece loved it - great recipe, especially for those who ...
2/11/2008
Like another, I cheated and used a boxed pound cake mix. Could not find butternut extract so I substituted 1 ts of vanilla and 1 ts of almond extract. This was absolutely delicious! Would mak...
7/25/2006
I was not impressed, this cake tasted like flour and shortening with cherry pieces. I love the idea of using maraschino cherries in a cake but this was disappointing. Probably will not make ag...
6/7/2005
I have baked many pound cakes and this one is at the top. This is a very large cake with a heavy and moist texture. Makes a beautiful Valentine cake - just add a pinch of red food coloring paste...
3/9/2009
This cake turned out very dry with very little flavor. I would not recommend it.