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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.
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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.
 
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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
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