What is Cherry cake?
[[File:Pork and cherry picnic pie.jpg|thumb|A soft pork-and-cherry pie/cake]] A '''cherry cake''' is a soft, creamy [[cake]] with firm bread and ripe [[cherry|cherries]] inside it. It is served with cherry icing, made of [[icing sugar]], [[butter]], and [[water]]. Sometimes, pink food coloring is added to the icing, to make it look like it is made of cherries.<ref name=cherry>{{cite book |title= Classic Essential Cakes|last= Mini Cookbooks|first= Periplus|author-link=Deidre Blayney |author2= Kerrie Ray, Jo Anne Calabria |year= 1995|publisher= Periplus Editions|location=Singapore |isbn= 978-962-593-368-9}}</ref> == Variation == Cherry cakes may also be presented with sprinkled icing, and desiccated coconut. ==References== <references/> {{food-stub}} [[Category:Cakes]]