Cherry Angel Food Cake Cherry Fluff Frosting

Nutrition

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Place a rack in center of oven

2. 2

   Preheat oven to 325f

3. 3

   Set aside an ungreased tube pan

4. 4

   Dump angel food cake mix in large mixing bowl

5. 5

   Drain juice from maraschino cherries , reserving 1 tbsp for frosting

6. 6

   To remaining maraschino cherry juice , add enough water to equal 1 1 / 4 cups liquid

7. 7

   Pour this liquid along with almond and vanilla extract into dry cake mix in bowl

8. 8

   Beat with electric mixer on low for 1 minute and stop and scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula

9. 9

   Increase speed to medium and beat for 1 minute more

10. 10

    Scraping down sides of bowl if necessary

11. 11

    Batter should look well blended

12. 12

    Pour batter into pan

13. 13

    Smoothing top with rubber spatula

14. 14

    Place pan in oven on rack and bake till deeply browned and top springs back when lightly touched with fingers , about 38-42 minutes

15. 15

    Remove from oven and immediately invert onto a glass bottle neck upside down to cool for 1 hour

16. 16

    Remove from bottle and run a long knife around sides of cake

17. 17

    Invert onto cooling rack and then invert onto serving platter

18. 18

    Prepare cherry fluff frosting

19. 19

    Place reserved cherry juice , sugar , and egg white into a medium size saucepan

20. 20

    Cook over low heat , beating continuously with electic mixer on high speed , till soft peaks forms

21. 21

    Remove pan from heat and add marshmallow cream and beat with electric mixer on high till stiff peaks form

22. 22

    About 2 minutes

23. 23

    Fold in chopped cherries , is using

24. 24

    Spread frosting over top and halfway down sides of angel food cake and serve immediately

25. 25

    We usually don't have any leftovers , so i am not sure how well this stores