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Luscious Cherry Layer Cake With Cherry Cream Cheese Frosting

A tender and moist Luscious Cherry Layer Cake With Cherry Cream Cheese Frosting featuring soft vanilla layers, juicy cherry filling, and fluffy cream cheese frosting swirled with cherries for a beautiful, tangy finish.
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Author: Sandra Myers

Ingredients

For the Cake

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup whole milk or buttermilk

For the Cherry Filling

  • 2 cups cherries fresh, frozen, or canned
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

For the Cherry Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2 –2 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • Optional 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • ½ cup chopped cherries or 2–3 tablespoons cooled cherry filling

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), grease and line three 8-inch pans, and let butter, eggs, and cream cheese come to room temp.
  • Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside.
  • Cream butter and sugar 3–5 minutes until pale and fluffy.
  • Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla.
  • Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk, starting and ending with flour, mixing only until combined.
  • Divide batter into pans and bake 22–27 minutes; cool layers completely on a rack.
  • Simmer cherries with sugar and lemon juice 10–15 minutes until thickened, then cool.
  • Beat cream cheese until smooth, add powdered sugar gradually, and fold in cherries or filling; chill briefly if soft.
  • Layer cake with frosting and cherry filling between each cooled layer, then coat the top and sides.
  • Finish with whole cherries and a drizzle of cherry syrup.