– 3 sticks (339 g) unsalted butter, softened – 3 cups (600 g) sugar – 5 large eggs – 3 cups (375 g) all purpose flour – ½ teaspoon (2 g) baking powder – ⅔ cup (146g) cherry juice – Drained/reserved maraschino cherries – ⅓ cup milk (80g) – 1 teaspoon (4 g) vanilla – 1 ½ teaspoons (6g) cherry extract
2 sticks (1 cup) (226g) unsalted butter, slightly softened—do not microwave.2 (8oz) cream cheese packages (452g) use gently softened full-fat cream cheese.
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Reduced fat makes icing too soft.1 ½ teaspoons (6g) coconut extract (adjust to taste).4g vanilla extract.6–6 ½ cups (747g) powdered sugar pinch salt.
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Add 14 oz (396g) of sweetened coconut to the cake top and sides (used about ¾ of the bag).Top the cake with 6 stemmed Marachino Cherries.
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Grease and flour a tube pan. Next to lowest, lower the oven rack. Pre-heat oven to 350.Mix the flour and baking powder in a separate basin and put aside.
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Using the paddle attachment in your mixer, cream the butter and gradually add the sugar until light and fluffy, 3–5 minutes.
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After adding each egg, mix to integrate.Mix milk, cherry juice, vanilla, and cherry extract in a small bowl.Mix the butter, sugar, and egg combination on low speed, adding the flour mixture alternating with the milk mixture.
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Start and finish with dry ingredients. Three dry components, two wet.Mix in chopped maraschino cherries.Put batter in bundt or tube pan. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350 degrees until a toothpick comes out clean or with a few crumbs.
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About 8 cups of batter result from this recipe.Flip the cake onto a wire rack after 10 minutes of cooling in the pan.
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Mix the butter in the basin until smooth.Beat the butter with tiny to medium-sized pieces of cream cheese until smooth.Vanilla and coconut extractsSlowly beat in powdered sugar until smooth.
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Avoid beating above medium pace or for too long. Beat longer to soften icing. Refrigerate briefly if it becomes too soft to pipe.
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When you use the frosting, it should still be cold. If it gets too soft, put it in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes, or until it's the consistency you want.
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