Description
Rich chocolate cake featuring dr. pepper creates a surprising flavor sensation from Texas. Moist layers combine classic soda with deep cocoa notes, offering chocolate lovers a unique dessert experience you’ll savor completely.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box (15.25 oz / 432 g) super moist chocolate fudge cake mix
- 18 oz (510 g) maraschino cherries
- 1 cup (226 g) salted butter
- 7 cups (840 g) powdered sugar
- 24 fl oz (710 ml) Dr. Pepper Cherry, room temperature
- 12 tbsps (180 ml) maraschino cherry juice
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9x13x2 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray, ensuring complete coverage.
- Batter Creation: Whisk cake mix and Dr. Pepper Cherry in a large mixing bowl until smooth and lump-free, creating a silky uniform mixture.
- Cherry Integration: Reserve 24 whole cherries for decoration, then slice remaining cherries into quarter-sized pieces and gently fold into the batter, distributing evenly.
- Baking Process: Pour batter into prepared pan, spreading smoothly with a spatula, and bake for 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Frosting Development: While cake cools completely, whip butter until light and fluffy, then gradually blend in powdered sugar and cherry juice until achieving a smooth, spreadable consistency.
- Final Assembly: Once cake reaches room temperature, generously spread frosting across the entire surface and artfully arrange reserved whole cherries on top for an elegant presentation.
Notes
- Bake with Precision: Use a toothpick test to ensure the cake is perfectly cooked by inserting it into the center – a clean toothpick means the cake is done.
- Cherry Distribution Tip: Quarter the cherries carefully and fold gently into the batter to prevent sinking and ensure even flavor throughout the cake.
- Frosting Consistency Trick: Add cherry juice gradually to the butter and powdered sugar mixture, creating a smooth spreadable texture that enhances the cake’s flavor.
- Decorative Final Touch: Reserve whole cherries before baking to create an elegant and appetizing presentation on top of the frosted cake.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 500
- Sugar: 58 g
- Sodium: 350 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 72 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg