Surprise! It’s a cherry chip cake all the way!
I know this one is a bit of a mind bender since the decoration will have you thinking it’s watermelon!
Cherry juice in the cake batter turns your favorite white cake recipe into a perfect Cherry Cake
Before we get into a heated debate about Maraschino cherries and my opinion that they are a blaspheme to nature itself
With bleaching and dyeing and all sorts of hideous processes done to these beautiful little drupes
Check out these All Natural Maraschino Cherries I found at Chukar Cherries *not sponsored
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Notes for Success:
Before we get into a heated debate about Maraschino cherries and my opinion that they are a blaspheme to nature itself
With bleaching and dyeing and all sorts of hideous processes done to these beautiful little drupes I do not recommend
However, check out these All Natural Maraschino Cherries I found at Chukar Cherries *not sponsored
For more about traditional Maraschino Cherries, here’s a good article to read!
By using the cherry juice from the jar instead of water in the recipe
Your cake batter transforms into a vibrant pink with a hint of cherry taste!
I will admit I did use a drop of pink food color though to give it a boost!
Starting with my super easy White Cake Box Hack for the cherry cake and equally simple American Style Buttercream
The decor for the watermelon is so easy with just a small amount of melted vegan chocolate you can pipe the “seeds” for the outside decor!
Cherry Chip Cake
Ingredients
2 options for the cake batter! you choose
- 1Recipe White Cake Hack
- *Add cherry juice instead of water
- OR 2x Recipe Truly White Cake
- * Add cherry juice instead of water
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
for the icing & filling
- 1 Recipe Buttercream
- Food color or cherry fruit powder as needed
- Vegan Chocolate for the "seeds" approx ¼ cup
Instructions
- Prepare the cake recipe as per the instructions on that post
- Add the mini chocolate chips and bake the batter in 3-7" cake pans
- While the cakes are baking & cooling prepare the buttercream recipe as per the instructions on that recipe post
- Divide the buttercream into 4 parts: ½c dark green / ½cup light green/ ½ cup white
- Then flavor the remaining buttercream for the filling & icing with cherry juice *approx ¼ cup OR cherry fruit powder ¼ OR simply color with pink-red food color
Notes
Cherry chip cake can be stored at room temperature in a cool spot lightly covered for up to 3 says
Refrigerate for longer storage up to 1 week
Freeze for up to 2 months
I’ve been looking to make watermelon macarons. I’m stumped on how to achieve the true flavor of watermelon. ANy thoughts? I was thinking about reducing fresh watermelon into a syrup and then adding this as my essence to the batter. Appreciate your advice. Thank you, Taryn
Hey there, I am NOT the person to go to for vegan Macarons LOL
But as for watermelon I find THAT flavor & blueberry is the hardest to achieve
SO while I like your idea to get the most concentrated flavor, to then translate that into a Macaron recipe~ Good Luck!
Hi there! You state that one should replace the water in the white cake recipe with cherry juice.. but as far as i could see your Truly white cake recipe doesn’t require water at all.. how can I achieve this beautiful pink color?
Hey thanks a good point! LOL I just updated the recipe with a link to my EASY LEMON CAKE recipe where you can use cherry juice instead of the lemon juice!