Big cherry baby cakes, I know it sounds like an oxymoron. How can it be big? How can it be baby? Well, it just is. The cherries are big, juicy, delicious, pitted, and right in your grocer's freezer case. While I love fresh cherries, they're in season only a short time and I want cherries year round. So, the frozen cherries are perfect for so many recipes, sweet and savory! Of course, my favorite frozen cherries to buy are from Dole Sunshine. I know that I'm getting a consistently perfect product that I can count on. Really, sometimes when I have a hankering for something sweet, I'll just pull out a few cherries, let them thaw, have a simple butter cookie, and my sugar craving is satisfied within moderation and reason!
Another ingredient in this recipe that you might not be familiar with is pearl sugar. Now I order it online from Amazon. You have a lot of choices. I buy mine in five pound bulk because I use it in so many recipes from waffles and pancakes to cookies and cakes. If you don't want to order this pearly sugar, then an alternative is to buy cube sugar and give it a quick crush giving you some small bite size chunks. It's interesting to try this pearl sugar in recipes and have it on hand in your pantry.
Probably one of the best things I love about this recipe is that you have both crunch, in the sugar and in the exterior of the baby cakes simply from baking, and you have that dreamy fluffy soft inside that's so exquisite when you bite into it. Add to that the burst of a sweet cherry, and you have all those fun textures that just dance on your palate!
Give this recipe a try. It's perfect for a lazy weekend morning. Holiday friends and family who may be dropping in. And, anytime just because. I mean there doesn't have to be any reason! xoxo ~peace & namaste~ ally
Ingredients
- Preheat oven to 350
- 1 cup flour, all-purpose
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1/8 tsp. sea salt
- 6 Tbl. butter, unsalted, room temperature
- 1/3 cup pearl sugar + 2 Tbl. sugar, substitute regular sugar or crushed up sugar cubes for pearl sugar
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 32-35 Dole Sunshine frozen cherries, slightly thawed
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