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Chocolate Covered Cherry Snack Cake
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Chocolate Covered Cherry Snack Cake

Made with an easy cake mix, taken to another level with some delicious chocolate sauce, a homemade cherry frosting and cherry pie filling. Tart, sweet and decadent. A favorite romantic dessert idea.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword easy cake recipes, easy dessert recipes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 15 slices
Calories 304kcal

Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 1 box Cherry Chip Cake Mix
  • 1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
  • 1 cup water

For the Cherry Frosting:

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup maraschino cherry juice
  • ¼ teaspoons almond extract
  • 2 drops red food coloring optional
  • 20 ounces cherry pie filling
  • chocolate sauce

Instructions

For the Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix the cake mix, nonfat vanilla yogurt and water together on medium about 2 minutes or until well blended.
  • Spray a 9x13 cake pan with cooking spray and pour cake batter into pan.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F about 15-20 minute or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely before adding frosting.

For the Cherry Frosting:

  • In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until fluffy. Add in the maraschino cherry juice,  almond extract and red food coloring if desired, continue beating. Add the powdered sugar slowly a little at a time until you have reached desired consistency. 
  • When cake is cooled completely, frost cake with Cherry Frosting.
  • Spoon cherry pie filling on top. We sliced our cake first and then added a spoonful to each piece. 
  • Drizzle chocolate on top of the cherry pie filling.

Nutrition

Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 115mg | Potassium: 76mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 458IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 0.1mg