Layered Cherry Coke Cake is going to be the highlight of the night. This is a layered cherry coke cake with a maraschino cherry frosting. Layers of sweet goodness in each bite.
Ingredients
Cherry Cola Cake Ingredients:
2CFlour
2Csugar
3/4CCocoa Powder
1tspbaking soda
½tspbaking powder
½tspkosher salt
1C+ 3 tbsp Cherry Coke soda
½CCanola Oil
1Csour cream
2large eggs
2tsppure vanilla extract
¼Cmaraschino cherry juice
3 - 9inchround baking pans
3 - 10inchround cake board
1cake leveler
Cherry Frosting ingredients:
3Cunsalted butter, softened
6Cpowdered sugar
5tbspheavy whipping cream
1tspcherry extract
¼CMaraschino cherry juice
2drops of pink gel food coloring
1Cstemless Maraschino cherries, dried and cut in half
1Medium ice cream scooper
1large piping bag fitted with a star tip
1small jar of Maraschino Cherries with stems for toppings
Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:
1Csemi sweet chocolate chips
1/2Cheavy whipping cream
1large squeeze bottle
Instructions
Cherry Cola Cake Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray the baking pans with pam baking spray
Using a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt until combined
Using another large bowl, whisk together the cherry coke, canola oil and sour cream until combined and smooth
Whisk in the eggs, vanilla extract and maraschino cherry juice
Gradually pour in the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk until combined
Divide the batter into the 3 cake pans
Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Allow to cool completely
Remove the cake layers and place onto the cake boards
Using the cake leveler, remove the domes of the cakes
Frosting Directions:
Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla, powdered
sugar, Cherry extract, Maraschino Cherry juice and heavy whipping cream until combined and creamy and stiff with peaks
Scoop 1 C of frosting into the piping bag
Directions to build the cake:
Place 1 layer of cake onto the cake board
Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out 4-6 scoops of frosting and
smooth evenly on one layer of cake
Sprinkle about ¼ C of the chopped cherries on top of the frosting and lightly push down
Place another layer of cake on top and spread more frosting
Sprinkle another ¼ C of cherries on top of the frosting
Place the last layer on top and frost the remaining cake with remaining frosting
Chocolate ganache directions:
Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until steaming
While heavy whipping cream is heating up, place chocolate chips into a heat-proof bowl
Once the heavy whipping cream is heated, pour over the chocolate chips
Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth
Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle
Pipe dollops of ganache over the edge of the cake
Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake
Place a Maraschino Cherry with stem into the dollops of frosting