Happy Birthday Rachael Ray!

On August 25th Rachael is celebrating her birthday.  Her fun and loyal staff over at Everyday With Rachael Ray Magazine thought it would be neat to get the world involved!

If YOU would like to make her a cake click on her facebook page and just post it!  It could be see by thousands of fans!

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I have been wanting to make these birthday cookies into a cake forever.

They were so fun and easy and I love when my friends let me make them cookies!

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I also thought it would be fun to make the actual cake a cherry cake too!  So I tried the Maraschino Cherry Cake recipe from Cooks.com.

I actually followed the recipe ingredients and directions exactly.

Gotta tell ya… I could not even taste a hint of cherry in it.  Now, we all know that my palette is far from refined, but I can pick up on subtle if I am really trying.

And I did try.

I closed my eyes and everything.

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It tasted like a bland vanilla cake.  Boo! Hiss! Wah.

For the frosting I used my favorite full fat buttercream of the moment.

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Buttercream Frosting

Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
This is one of my favorite full-fat buttercream frostings!

Ingredients

  • 35 1/2 – 8 cups of powder sugar or a 2 lb. bag
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 -2 tsp vanilla if making white frosting use clear vanilla
  • 1/2 -3/4 cup milk I have also used whipping cream and whole milk

Instructions

  • Blend all ingredients on low until incorporated, then increase speed and blend for 1-3 minutes until reach desired consistency

Did you make this recipe?

Thank you for making my recipe! You took pictures, right? Well go ahead and post them on Instagram! Be sure to mention me @iambaker and use the hashtag #YouAreBaker.

Seriously.  That’s how I do it.  I am considering changing my blog name to “i am impatient baker”.

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One change that was a really welcome addition was adding a 1/2 cup of finely diced maraschino cherries to the center layer.

They saved the cake.

Subtle.  Sweet.  Bright obnoxious red and turquoise cake with a hint of cherry flavor.

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Interesting fact: I don’t like cherries.

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If you have a good Cherry Cake recipe and want to share, feel free to point me in the right direction.

If you want to join me in a slice while I conduct a pity party, then please, pull up a chair.   This could be an all-nighter.

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Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.

Reader Comments

  1. This cherry cake looks so cute!! Even if the cake itself didn’t turn out as spectacular as you had hoped, it sure looks yummy. All of those bright colors look just gorgeous.

  2. How cute! You’re such an inspiration!!! I just wish I could decorate like you!! And I love your crusting buttercream frosting – thanks for sharing!
    I also use the Cherry Concentrate from King Arthur Flour (as another commented), and made these cupcakes with it: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/cherry-cupcakes-recipe, substituting melted butter for the oil. I also love using the cherry concentrate to tint my frosting a lovely dark pink. It cuts down on the sweetness factor, and the cherry taste isn’t overwhelming!

  3. oooh boy this is a sweet cake…so cute! Reminds me of the days playing HI HO Cherry-O with my daughther those were good times….

  4. Hi Amanda, maybe a little organic cherry flavoring would add a little more cherry flavor?
    (I love, love, love your blog, your humor and sharing everything with us…I just HATE the Feedjit thing. I’ve asked the thing to ignore my browser but the change never sticks so have to do it every time. Just sayin’…) Thanks for listening!

  5. Most beautiful cake ever!! So cute and colorful and kitschy.
    Also, I’m not EXACTLY sure what kitschy means, but I am pretty sure it means cute and retroish.
    You can make this for my birthday anytime!!

  6. I’m sorry the flavor wasn’t what you had hoped for Amanda, but I love love LOVE the cutsie cherries! I would also love to know how you get such a smooth finish on your cake without spending hours futzing with it. (You did mention that you’re impatient… ) It looks PERFECT and as you know from seeing my cake pics on Facebook, it’s the one thing I really want to learn how to do better.
    It’s completely artificial, but I wonder what adding a teaspoon or two of maraschino cherry juice would add to the party?

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