Cheerwine Cake is a popular prized cake of the South.
This Southern Bundt Cheerwine Cake Recipe is incredible. This moist, dense cake forms a thick, sugary, crunchy crust. It is frosted with the most amazing white chocolate cherry frosting. Once you have a slice of this delicious Cheerwine Cake, it will become your new favorite dessert!
Cheerwine
If you are not from the South, you might not have heard of Cheerwine. Cheerwine is a beloved Southern soda that is actually produced here in North Carolina. It has a deep Burgundy color like "wine" and offers mild sweet notes of cherries; hence it is called Cheerwine. There is no actual alcohol in this soda.
Cheerwine Cake
Every year my husband's entire extended family gets together for a week a Myrtle Beach. My husband's cousin, Jennifer Stimpson always brings her famous Cheerwine cake. (She is the same cousin that makes that really good Cranberry Apple Casserole!!!)
I can't keep my hands out of that cake. My hands have a mind of their own and come back for more and more slices. That Cheerwine Cake literally will disappear in seconds in our gatherings because everyone in our family wants to eat it.
The Cheerwine Cake is amazing by itself. But in our family, we love frosting. This white chocolate cherry frosting will rock your world. You can reuse the frosting on other cakes. It is really fantastic.
My Cheerwine Cakes have never turned out quite as good as Jennifer's. I think she sprinkles a bit of magic fairy dust on hers. If you can't get Cheerwine, you could substitute Cherry Coke. It won't be the same, but it will be close.
For more family recipes, check out: Granny Moore's Dressing, Candy Bar Cream Cheese Fruit Dip, and Cheddar Pecan Cheese Ring.
📖 Recipe
How to Make Southern Bundt Cheerwine Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- 2 sticks butter room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 5 large eggs room temperature
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup Cheerwine
- 3 teaspoon almond extract 2 teaspoon for cake, 1 teaspoon for frosting
- 10 oz jar of maraschino cherries crushed. (½ jar for cake, ½ jar for frosting)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup melted white chocolate
- ½ stick butter
- 4 oz cream cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Grease and flour bundt pan. (Use a lighter color bundt pan or angel food tube pan.)
- Beat the butter, shortening, and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs in one at a time, beating with each addition.
- Mix salt, baking powder, and flour.
- Add flour mixture to the butter mixture in thirds, alternating with half of the Cheerwine. Beat only until the batter is smooth after each addition. Quickly beat in 2 teaspoon almond extract and ½ jar of crushed maraschino cherries.
- Pour into greased pan. Bake 1 hour and 15-30 minutes. Cool cake on wire rack.
- Meanwhile, make frosting. Mix powder sugar, white chocolate, butter, cream cheese, ½ jar of maraschino crushed cherries, and 1 teaspoon almond extract until smooth.
- Once cake has completely cooled, frost cake.
Nutrition- Nutrition info is based on estimation only.
E says
Super! Can do 2.5-3c powdered sugar for frosting. I’ve made twice and always serve icing separate since cake itself it’s AMAZING.
Maliyah says
Do I drain the Cherries first?
Katie Crenshaw says
Maliyah, I spoon out the cherries from the jar, allowing a little of the juice to mix in without over saturating the cake. As for the frosting, if it is too thick for spreading, I add in the cherry juice a little at a time to thin it out. Hope this makes sense.
Tammy B says
This cake is delicious, have shared this recipe with friends. Will continue to make this very moist cake with a great flavor.
Linds says
This has become a family favorite! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Tammy Ariola says
Can you make this into cupcakes and freeze? Then frost when ready to use.
Katie Crenshaw says
Yes, I think that would work. I haven't tried myself, but my cousin made cake pops with this recipe and had no problem.
Terry Goss says
Best Cheerwine Cake ever!
karrie / Tasty Ever After says
I have never heard of Cheerwine but this cake looks unbelievably yummy! It looks so moist too. I'm going to have to figure out how to smuggle some Cheerwine up here to New England so I can make this cake. It would be so pretty for the holidays too 🙂