Desserts
Cheerwine Bundt Cake
This lovely pink Cheerwine Bundt Cake is a traditional pound cake with a fun twist. A delicious southern treat flavored
- Serves 20
- Prep 15 minutes
- Cook 1 hour
- Total 1 hour
What Is Cheerwine?
If you live outside of the southeast, you may not be familiar with Cheerwine, a syrupy sweet cola with a cherry flavor that has been a southern favorite for nearly 100 years. It’s produced in Salisbury, NC and isn’t distributed nationally, but it can be found throughout the southeast and a few other states.
To me Cheerwine is a seasonal drink. I don’t drink it year round, but on the first really hot day of summer, there’s nothing like an ice-cold Cheerwine. Anyone who knows anything about Southerners knows our love for carbonated beverages is almost as great as our love for sweet tea. Afterall, both Pepsi and Coca-Cola were invented in the South.
We also like to cook with our colas.Coca Cola Cakeis a huge southern favorite and Dr. Pepper makes a great addition tobarbecue sauce. You’ll see 7-Up biscuits, Sundrop Cake, and Chicken with Rootbeer Glaze. There is a commercially made Cheerwine Cake that I occasionally see at gas stations. It’s good, but not as good as homemade.
How To Serve Cheerwine Bundt Cake
This Cheerwine Bundt Cake has a beautiful pink-red hue and a slight hint of cherry flavor as well as a hint of almond flavor from a little almond extract. It is a traditional pound cake recipe with a fun twist. Serve with some whipped cream and a maraschino cherry for a sweet southern dessert.
Like any pound cake, it is great for all day snacking 🙂
How To Store
This cake can be stored at room temperature for up to 5 days. Be sure to keep it wrapped well so it doesn’t dry out. Also freezes well.
Recommended Equipment
- Electric Stand Mixer– An electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment is best for making bundt cakes that need alot of air whipped into them to get some lift.
- Bundt Pan– This Nordic Ware Bundt Pan is my favorite.
More Cheerwine Recipes
- Cheerwine Poke Cake
- Cheerwine Chocolate Cake
- Cheerwine Cocktail
- Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Cheerwine Glaze
Originally posted March 31, 2014.
Note: If you don’t have access to Cheerwine, you could probably substitute Cherry Coke. Check out cheerwinefinder.comto see if Cheerwine can be purchased in your neck of the woods.
Recipe
Cheerwine Bundt Cake
A buttery pound cake flavored with the prized cherry-flavored southern soft drink Cheerwine.
- Serves 20
- Prep 15 minutes
- Cook 1 hour
- Total 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened ((2 sticks))
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup Cheerwine
- 18 to 20 drops red food coloring
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl cream together butter, shortening, and sugar using an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Cream until mixture is light and fluffy, stopping the mixer to scrape the sides down several times.
- 3
Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
- 4
Alternate flour and Cheerwine and mix until incorporated.
- 5
On low-speed add extracts, salt, and food coloring.
- 6
Grease a bundt pan very well and add batter to pan.
- 7
Bake approximately 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- 8
Let cool 15 minutes before trying to remove from pan.
Notes
Cherry Coke can be substituted for Cheerwine.
Nutrition
- Calories319 kcal
