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Cherry Nut Cake

Teresa Ambra

Cherry Nut Cake is awesome. It has everything going for it. It starts with a Cherry Chip Cake Mix. I added a box of instant vanilla pudding, fresh cherries, coconut and pecans. It baked up perfectly in my stoneware bundt cake pan. After the cake cooled, I iced it with a very easy powdered sugar glaze. Yeah, this is my kind of cake.

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I grew up eating a lot of pies and cakes. My mom was a prolific baker. We had a dessert for every lunch and dinner meal. No kidding. Yes, she made cobblers and a lot of cookies too. Mom really spoiled us with desserts.

I received a 20-pound box of fresh cherries from the Northwest Cherry Growers a couple of weeks ago. I went back to a recipe I had in my cookbook for decades. I found a Cherry Chip Cake Mix at Kroger. I added the fresh cherries. What a terrific cake recipe Cherry Nut Cake turned out to be. Mom would have been proud. (She and Dad would have eaten their share of it too!)

Cherry Nut Cake is a delicious recipe to add to your collection of Cherry Cake recipes. This one is absolutely mouthwatering and will surely cure any sweet tooth craving you have. But you’d better hurry. Fresh cherries will only be available for a few more weeks. Enjoy.

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Cherry Nut Cake is a delightful dessert.

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Every bite is mouthwatering.

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If you enjoy cherry desserts, this one has your name on it!

Here’s what I did.

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I used these ingredients for the cake.

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Pour Cherry Chip Cake Mix into a mixing bowl. Add instant vanilla pudding, eggs, oil and soured milk or buttermilk.

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Cream ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth.

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Add fresh cherries, coconut and chopped pecans.

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Stir ingredients gently to combine.

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Pour batter into a well-greased and floured bundt pan. Smooth the top.

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Bake cake at 350 for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

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Cool cake completely before adding glaze.

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I used these ingredients for the glaze.

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Whisk to combine. Add only enough cream to make a really thick glaze.

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Drizzle glaze over cooled cake. Garnish with fresh cherries, if desired. Allow icing to set at least 15 minutes before cutting into serving portions.

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Cherry Nut Cake is really exceptional.

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I loved the way this cake turned out.

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This is a great dessert for the summer when fresh cherries are in season.

CHERRY NUT CAKE

(Recipe inspired from an old magazine, circa 1980)

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Cherry Nut Cake

Teresa Ambra
Cherry Nut Cake is a spectacular dessert that includes a Cherry Chip Cake Mix, instant vanilla pudding, coconut, pecans and fresh cherries. It's great for potlucks, backyard barbecues and Fourth of July celebrations when fresh cherries are in season.
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Cake/Dessert, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16
Calories 314 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 10-inch bundt pan
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 cherry pitter or sharp knife to pit cherries
  • 1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped
  • 1 small mixing bowl
  • 1 whisk
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 bamboo skewer to check cake for doneness
  • 1 rubber spatula to loosen edges of cake before inverting

Ingredients
  

CAKE:

  • 15.25 oz. box Betty Crocker Cherry Chip Cake Mix
  • 4 oz. pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1/2 cup canola oil or use coconut oil or avocado oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk or soured milk (see note below)
  • 1 cup pecans finely chopped
  • 1 cup fresh cherries pitted, halved and patted dry (measure after pitting and halving the cherries)

GLAZE:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp. 2% milk (or a small amount more—just enough to make a thick rather than thin icing) (see note below)

Instructions
 

CAKE:

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan.
  • Set aside.
  • Put dry cake mix, instant pudding mix, buttermilk or soured milk, eggs, and oil into large mixer bowl.
  • Mix with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
  • Gently stir in coconut, pecans and cherries.
  • Turn batter into prepared bundt pan spreading evenly.
  • Bake at 350° for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until knife or bamboo skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool for 1 hour in pan on rack.
  • Remove cake from pan by inverting onto a serving plate; loosen edges with a rubber spatula.
  • Drizzle with icing.
  • Let cake stand at least 15 minutes for the icing to dry before serving.
  • Or allow the flavors to mingle overnight before serving.
  • Garnish with fresh cherries, if desired.

GLAZE:

  • Mix powdered sugar and milk with a whisk in a small mixing bowl.
  • Drizzle over cake.
  • Allow icing to set and harden about 15 minutes before cutting cake into slices.

Notes

NOTE: To sour milk: measure 1 ¼ cups milk or half-and-half in a measuring cup. Add 2-3 tablespoons white vinegar. Allow milk to sit on counter about 5 minutes to curdle and sour.
 
NOTE: My cake took 1 hour 20 minutes to bake completely.
 
NOTE: I used about 2 ½ tablespoons heavy whipping cream instead of milk in the icing.
 
Cherries provided courtesy of Northwest Cherry Growers.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 271mgPotassium: 124mgFiber: 2gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 108IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cake, cherries, cherry dessert, coconut, dessert, pecans
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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I sent this dessert out to John’s office where they scarfed it down in no time.

Cherry Nut Cake | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this vintage #recipe uses #FreshCherries, #CherryChipCakeMix, #Pecans & #coconut. It's absolutely mouthwatering & will surely cure any sweet tooth craving you have. Great #summer #dessert when #cherries are in season. #CherryNutCake #CherryCake #CherryDessert #Holiday #cake #HolidayDessert #Fourth of July Dessert #FavoriteCherryCake

Cherry Nut Cake is a fabulous Fourth of July dessert.

Cherry Nut Cake | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this vintage #recipe uses #FreshCherries, #CherryChipCakeMix, #Pecans & #coconut. It's absolutely mouthwatering & will surely cure any sweet tooth craving you have. Great #summer #dessert when #cherries are in season. #CherryNutCake #CherryCake #CherryDessert #Holiday #cake #HolidayDessert #Fourth of July Dessert #FavoriteCherryCake

It’s time for a slice of this amazing cake.

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Cherry Chip Cake | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this #dessert is rich & decadent. It uses #FreshCherries & #VanillaChips which dissolve into the #cake while #baking. The flavors of #cherry & #vanilla just pop in this heavenly cake. Make it now while #cherries are in season! #CakeMix #CherryChipCake #CherryChipCakeMix #CherryDessert #FreshCherryCake #Canbassador #NWCherries #NorthwestCherryGrowers
Cherry Nut Cake | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this vintage #recipe uses #FreshCherries, #CherryChipCakeMix, #Pecans & #coconut. It's absolutely mouthwatering & will surely cure any sweet tooth craving you have. Great #summer #dessert when #cherries are in season. #CherryNutCake #CherryCake #CherryDessert #Holiday #cake #HolidayDessert #Fourth of July Dessert #FavoriteCherryCake

Cherry Nut Cake

Teresa Ambra
Cherry Nut Cake is a spectacular dessert that includes a Cherry Chip Cake Mix, instant vanilla pudding, coconut, pecans and fresh cherries. It’s great for potlucks, backyard barbecues and Fourth of July celebrations when fresh cherries are in season.
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Cake/Dessert, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16
Calories 314 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 10-inch bundt pan
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 cherry pitter or sharp knife to pit cherries
  • 1 nut chopper if nuts are not previously chopped
  • 1 small mixing bowl
  • 1 whisk
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 bamboo skewer to check cake for doneness
  • 1 rubber spatula to loosen edges of cake before inverting

Ingredients
  

CAKE:

  • 15.25 oz. box Betty Crocker Cherry Chip Cake Mix
  • 4 oz. pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1/2 cup canola oil or use coconut oil or avocado oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk or soured milk (see note below)
  • 1 cup pecans finely chopped
  • 1 cup fresh cherries pitted, halved and patted dry (measure after pitting and halving the cherries)

GLAZE:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp. 2% milk (or a small amount more—just enough to make a thick rather than thin icing) (see note below)

Instructions
 

CAKE:

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan.
  • Set aside.
  • Put dry cake mix, instant pudding mix, buttermilk or soured milk, eggs, and oil into large mixer bowl.
  • Mix with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
  • Gently stir in coconut, pecans and cherries.
  • Turn batter into prepared bundt pan spreading evenly.
  • Bake at 350° for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until knife or bamboo skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool for 1 hour in pan on rack.
  • Remove cake from pan by inverting onto a serving plate; loosen edges with a rubber spatula.
  • Drizzle with icing.
  • Let cake stand at least 15 minutes for the icing to dry before serving.
  • Or allow the flavors to mingle overnight before serving.
  • Garnish with fresh cherries, if desired.

GLAZE:

  • Mix powdered sugar and milk with a whisk in a small mixing bowl.
  • Drizzle over cake.
  • Allow icing to set and harden about 15 minutes before cutting cake into slices.

Notes

NOTE: To sour milk: measure 1 ¼ cups milk or half-and-half in a measuring cup. Add 2-3 tablespoons white vinegar. Allow milk to sit on counter about 5 minutes to curdle and sour.
 
NOTE: My cake took 1 hour 20 minutes to bake completely.
 
NOTE: I used about 2 ½ tablespoons heavy whipping cream instead of milk in the icing.
 
Cherries provided courtesy of Northwest Cherry Growers.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 271mgPotassium: 124mgFiber: 2gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 108IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cake, cherries, cherry dessert, coconut, dessert, pecans
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

2 Comments

  • Chris

    February 15, 2023 at 12:57 pm

    Can you use frozen cherries

    1. Teresa Ambra

      February 16, 2023 at 7:48 am

      Hi Chris. I think this recipe would work fine with frozen cherries. But I would probably thaw them and pat the cherries dry with paper towels before using in the recipe.

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