Create a holiday sensation with Duncan Hines & a bowl full of cherries
Duncan Hines special moistness and your special touch create a holiday sensation, the centerpiece of a joyous season — a cherry Christmas tree cake.
Cherry Christmas tree cake recipe: A vintage desert from the ’80s
Cherry Christmas tree cake
Yield:
Serves 30
Prep Time:
1 hour
Cook Time:
1 hour 20 minutes
Additional Time:
1 hour
Total Time:
3 hours 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 packages Duncan Hines butter recipe golden cake mix
- 6 eggs
- 1 cup softened butter or margarine
- 1-1/3 cups orange juice
- Grated peel of 2 oranges
- 3 21-ounce cans cherry pie filling
- 2 cans Duncan Hines vanilla frosting
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease and flour a 9" x 13"x 2" pan.
- Combine in large bowl: 1 package cake mix. 3 eggs, 1/2 cup butter, 2/3 cup orange juice. Mix at medium speed for 4 minutes.
- Stir in grated peel of 1 orange.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for 15 minutes, then remove cake from pan.
- To bake second cake, repeat steps 1 through 6.
- Place completely cooled cakes upside-down and end-to-end on platter. Spread 2 cans frosting on top and sides. Draw a tree shape and border in frosting as shown.
- Optional: Mix can of frosting with 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar, and pipe decorative border around top and bottom edges of cake.
- Place a colander or strainer in a large bowl, pour in cherries and stir to drain (do not rinse). Using a spoon or fork, fill in tree and border with tightly packed rows of cherries.
Notes
You will need 2 cans of frosting to ice the cake, and 1 can [optional] for decorative frosting
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 237Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 207mgCarbohydrates: 38gFiber: 1gSugar: 14gProtein: 2g
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