Cherry Cake

Homemade Maraschino or “Cherry Chip" Cake.

This is a modified white cake, similar to a box mix cherry chip cake. I added 1.5 cups chopped marachino cherries, replaced the 1 cup of milk with 4 tablespoons powdered whole milk and juice from the cherry jar, and replaced some of the vanilla extract with almond. I also added cherry juice to the buttercream frosting. The taste and texture were very nice, but the cherry flavor could be stronger. If I were doing it again, I would add 2 cups of chopped cherries, and a small amount of cherry extract to the frosting.