I first tried this grilled cheese sandwich with pesto in a little cafe, and I went home right away to make my own version. Since then, this is how I’ve been preparing my grilled cheese sandwiches.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 2 to 9 – inch pans |
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate fudge cake mix
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 ⅓ cups water
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup chopped almonds
- 1 (16 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch pans.
- In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and cocoa. Make a well in the center and pour in water, mayonnaise and eggs. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in chopped nuts and cherries.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 435 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 48 g |
| Cholesterol | 54 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 479 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 27 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Love it
Excellent cake! Super moist. My advice… Leave out the nuts and cut cherries into eighths. Also, use the cherry juice instead of water.
I’m torn w/this one. I can’t decide how I feel about the mouthfeel/texture. The chunks of cherry are a little off-putting to me, particularly since they’re not accompanied by a burst of flavor. I elected to bake as cupcakes (and bake time was longer than usual for them…close to 25 minutes as opposed to the usual 16) for easier individual serving. I frosted them w/a buttercream to which I added cherry juice and almond extract and I found myself preferring the taste of the frosting to the cake. It’s a beautifully moist cake w/a nice strong chocolate flavor. If I made this again, I’d def sub at least 1/2 the water for cherry juice and see if that amped up the cherry flavor. Instead of chopping the cherries, I think I’d also simply place a whole cherry in the center of the cupcake for a burst of flavor. THANKS for the recipe, dms036!
This was a pretty average cake. I only made it because my husband came home from a ice cream sundae thing for his students with 3 jars of cherries. I don’t think I’d make it otherwise, but it was good.
It was “OK” It didn’t taste a lot like cherry. i even added a little of the cherry juice to the mix as another reviewer said. Didn’t help much. It was Great as a CH. cake with some cherries and almonds in it, as a Ch. Cherry cake. not so much.
Excellent cake. We didn’t taste it until Day 3 (it was refrigerated) but once we tasted it, it was gone in a flash! Very moist.
This recipe is awesome! I did add some of the cherry juice to the water added to the mix and put a little juice in the frosting as well. For a family that loves chocolate covered cherries, this is an excellent cake!