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Cheerwine Bundt Cake

This lovely pink Cheerwine Bundt Cake is a traditional pound cake with a fun twist. A delicious southern treat flavored with Cheerwine and almond extract.

  • Prep15 min
  • Cook1 hr 10 min
  • Total1 hr 25 min
  • Serves20
  • Rating4.8
Cheerwine Bundt Cake

This lovely pink Cheerwine Bundt Cake is a traditional pound cake with a fun twist. A delicious southern treat flavored with Cheerwine and almond extract.

Slice of Cheerwine Bundt Cake on a plate and a can of Cheerwine.

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.

Slice of bundt cake on a plate.

We also like to cook with our colas. Coca Cola Cake is a huge southern favorite and Dr. Pepper makes a great addition to barbecue 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 🙂

Cheerwine Bundt Cake topped with whipped cream and cherries.

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.
Slice of Cheerwine Bundt Cake on a plate.

More Cheerwine Recipes

Originally posted March 31, 2014.

Note: If you don’t have access to Cheerwine, you could probably substitute Cherry Coke. Check out cheerwinefinder.com to see if Cheerwine can be purchased in your neck of the woods.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. 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. 3

    Add eggs one at a time and beat well.

  4. 4

    Alternate flour and Cheerwine and mix until incorporated.

  5. 5

    On low-speed add extracts, salt, and food coloring.

  6. 6

    Grease a bundt pan very well and add batter to pan.

  7. 7

    Bake approximately 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

  8. 8

    Let cool 15 minutes before trying to remove from pan.

Notes

Cherry Coke can be substituted for Cheerwine.

Nutrition

  • Calories319

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