Chocolate Cherry Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

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Saturday, 9 March 2013

Ingredients:

Directions:

Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add in the milk, egg yolks, oil, lemon juice and vanilla. Beat until nice and smooth.
In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter. The batter will gain quite a bit of volume at this point.
Coarsely chop the cherries. You want nice big chunks in the fritters so don’t go too crazy. Fold the cherries into the batter.
Heat oil to 375 degrees in a deep, heavy saucepan. Drop a couple tablespoons of batter into the hot oil and fry for 4 to 5 minutes, or until golden brown. I used an ice cream scoop for mine. You want the fritters to have enough time to cook all the way through and get the cherries nice and hot AND you don’t want the outsides to burn. Fry up a test fritter and make adjustments to size and temp as needed.
Remove the fritters from the hot oil and drain on paper towels. You can keep the fritters warm in the oven – just set on a low temperature. Serve hot!
Top with powdered sugar or a light glaze for yummy perfection!
I hope you’ll give these yummy Cherry Fritters a try! They sure are a delicious treat!

Ingredients

Instructions

Depending on the size of your jar, you will make 2-3 layers.
Start by spooning 1/3 of the yogurt into a wide-mouth jar.
Follow with 1 tsp-1 Tbls honey {depends on your preference for sweetness - we do 1 Tbls ;) }
Then add 1 - 2 Tbls berries.
Layer 1-2 more times until the jar is almost filled. You want to leave a little room to add the granola later.
Close up the jars and put them in the fridge. If you are using a mason jar, place the lid on the jar, fill a small plastic bag with the granola, place the bag over the lid and then screw on the band over the plastic bag.
When you're ready to eat, add the granola, grab a spoon and dig in!

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Butter/spray cake pan.
Combine cake mix, pie filling and eggs. Stir until mixed. Pour into cake pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in cake pan.
To make frosting – with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add sugar, ½ cup at a time, and then vanilla, and mix until smooth and combined, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
Frost cake and serve.