Outrageous Cherry Dr Pepper Cake

Outrageous Cherry Dr Pepper Cake

Outrageous Cherry Dr Pepper Cake is an incredibly flavorful cherry chocolate cake recipe with just 5 ingredients that will blow your mind!

Chocolate Cherry Dr Pepper Cake

I almost called this a chocolate dump cake, because from frosting to cake, this simple Dr Pepper cake using cake mix takes just 5 ingredients and it is perhaps the easiest and tastiest cake ever. The rich, decadent and perfectly tender cake melts in your mouth. Topped with homemade maraschino cherry frosting is it truly a flavor explosion. And it is and ready to toss in the oven in a flash.

Truly a mouthwatering dessert, now please excuse me while I take a moment to gather my thoughts. All I can think about is this cake. {{slurp}}

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Dr Pepper Cake Using Cake Mix

Don't cherries make you think of summer? I am not sure what the connection is but bright red cherries automatically bring my mind to summer and that is exactly what I was thinking when I picked up some Dr. Pepper Cherry.

I knew right away I wanted to make a delicious treat with Dr. Pepper Cherry. I mean really isn't that the best idea ever? I had heard about dump cakes and I decided to give it a try, but kick it up a notch.

You know, bold flavors are kinda part of who I am so I added the Dr Pepper Cherry soda and maraschino cherries to the cake mix and then made a super easy maraschino cherry buttercream to go on top. All with just 5 ingredients. This cake is truly outrageous. Rich, moist and loaded with your favorite flavors.

Oh my word! I tell you this cake tastes just like summer.

Outrageous Cherry Dr Pepper Cake is an incredibly flavorful cherry chocolate cake recipe with just 5 ingredients that will blow your mind!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (15.25 ounce) box super moist chocolate fudge cake mix (dry)
• 12 ounces Dr. Pepper Cherry (room temperature)
• 1 (18 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, divided
• 2 (1 cup) sticks salted butter (room temperature)
• 7 cups powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13x2 baking pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl combine cake mix and soda. Whisk until combined. Set aside.
3. Remove 24 cherries from the jar, remove stems and cut cherries into fourths. Add cut cherries to cake batter. Whisk again until combined. 
4. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. Smooth with a spatula so the cake is even.
5. Place the cake in the center of the oven and bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6. Meanwhile: Add butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or place in a large bowl and use and hand mixer).
7. Beat butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
8. Add sugar 1 cup at a time until it is all incorporated (beating between each addition).
9. Add 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) maraschino cherry juice from the jar and beat until mixture is light and fluffy.
10. Frost the cake with all of the icing and garnish with remaining cherries.
11. DONNA'S NOTES:
12. Do not add the ingredients that the cake mix calls for. This recipe is just for the dry mix.
13. If icing is too thick, add more cherry juice 1 tablespoon at a time until you reach your desired consistency, beating in between each addition.
14. If it is too thin add powdered sugar 1 tablespoon at a time until you reach your desired consistency, beating in between each addition.

Recipe Source:theslowroasteditalian.com