A Fun Take on Cherry Chip Cake
I decided this year rather than making my traditional cherry chip cake out of a box and with store bought frosting, I would go homemade. Boy am I happy that I did. These cherry chip cupcakes ended up tasting AH-mazing, and were so cute topped off with some maraschino cherries. You can see my homemade cherry chip cake mix below in the written recipe.
I had brought these homemade cherry chip cupcakes to my parent’s for my birthday party, and my 3 year old niece was so excited about them, that she made sure to grab them off the counter right after everyone sung to me. That ended in a bunch of smashed cherry cupcakes, but luckily they were in a cupcake carrier and didn’t smash all over the ground, so thankfully we were still able to eat them. Thank goodness. 🙂
A Delicious Cherry Chip Cake Recipe
This Valentine’s day I think you should give this homemade cherry chip cake recipe a try and bring some red and pink flare to your Valentine table. Your kids and spouse will be pretty stoked.
For another delicious cupcake recipe, try our Vanilla Oreo Cupcakes!
Try Making this Cherry Chip Cupcake Recipe Today!
- CUPCAKES:
- ¾ cup sour cream
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 16 oz jar maraschino cherries
- FROSTING:
- 8 oz cube cream cheese
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 cups powder sugar
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp cherry extract
- 4-6 drops red food coloring
- CUPCAKES:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F
- In a large bowl mix together the eggs, sour cream, milk, butter and sugar.
- Add in the vanilla and almond extract.
- Mix in the salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix well.
- Add in the flour and mix on medium speed.
- Dice half of the jar of cherries into tiny pieces and then mix into the cake batter.
- Line a cupcake pan and fill the liners ½ the way full
- Bake in the oven at 350 F for 15-17 mins.
- Remove from oven and let the cupcake cool completely before frosting.
- FROSTING:
- In a large bowl mix together the butter, cream cheese, vanilla, almond extract, cherry extract and red food coloring until you have a creamy mixture.
- Mix in the powder sugar one cup at a time until you've mixed in all the sugar.
- Frost the cupcakes.
- Top with a maraschino cherry.
- ENJOY!
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I’m having a difficult time finding cherry extract. Any suggestions for a substitute?
I found mine at Walmart. But I’m sure you could use some of the juice from the maraschino cherries. Just slowly add the juice til you get a cherry flavor you like