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1
package 2-layer size German chocolate cake mix
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Cherry cola
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1 1/2
teaspoons ground ginger
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1
teaspoon finely shredded lime peel
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1
recipe Celebration Icing
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10
- 12
dark sweet cherries with stems
1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease and flour a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set aside. Prepare cake mix according to package directions except substitute cherry cola for the liquid called for and add ground ginger and lime peel. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake according to package directions. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
2. Use a serrated knife to cut top of cake level. Trim edges of cake. Discard trimmed pieces. Cut cake in half lengthwise into two 13x4-12-inch rectangles. Place one rectangle on a serving platter. Spread with tinted icing. Top with second rectangle. Spread with white icing. Refrigerate cake for 1 hour or until icing is set. Wrap cake in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 4 to 24 hours before serving. Top each slice with a cherry. Makes 10 to 12 servings.
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1
1 pound box (about 4-1/2 cups) powdered sugar
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1/3
cup butter
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3
tablespoons milk
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1
teaspoon vanilla
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2
tablespoons cherry spreadable fruit
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Red food coloring
In a medium mixing bowl beat butter with electric mixer until smooth. Gradually add 1 cup of the powdered sugar, beating well. Slowly beat in milk and vanilla. Gradually beat in an additional 2 cups powdered sugar. Divide the mixture in half. To half of the recipe beat in cherry spreadable fruit and red food coloring to make a pink icing. Gradually beat in enough powdered sugar for spreading consistency. To remaining half add enough powdered sugar for spreading consistency. Makes 10 to 12 servings.
- Servings Per Recipe 10,
- Calories 554,
- Protein (gm) 5,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 96,
- Fat, total (gm) 19,
- Cholesterol (mg) 81,
- Saturated fat (gm) 6,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 8,
- Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 3,
- Sugar, total (gm) 76,
- Vitamin A (IU) 292,
- Vitamin C (mg) 1,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Niacin (mg) 1,
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 28,
- Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0,
- Sodium (mg) 457,
- Potassium (mg) 122,
- Calcium (DV %) 61,
- Iron (DV %) 2,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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412 cups of powered sugar? need to look at this recipe TOO MANY ERRORS to try to make
6/28/2011 12:08:37 PM Report Abuse13 cups of butter in the frosting? Really?? Or was is supposed to be 1/3 cup?
6/27/2011 06:13:47 PM Report AbuseI modified this a little using dark chocolate cake mix and NO LIME PEEL. I had to make two batches of the frosting to have enough to frost both layers. And instead of using vanilla flavoring, I happened to have a jar of marachino cherries in the fridge so I used the juice from them to flavor the frosting. I served the cake with cherry-vanilla ice cream. It was delish. I would make it again.
7/25/2010 05:43:10 PM Report AbuseI don't have many positive things to say about this cake. It just tasted strange; I think it may have been the lime peel. Or maybe the cherry coke was just not meant to go with the German chocolate mix. At the least, it was very moist. I will not make it again. It really says something when our college age boy who eats anything didn't enjoy it. We will say that the icing was good although we added a tablespoon of cherry jam, but even that couldn't redeem the cake.
7/2/2010 09:00:50 PM Report Abuse