Cherry-and-Cream Baby Cakes

Name: Cherry-and-Cream Baby Cakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 79 milliliters cold butter, cut into pieces; 118 milliliters dried cherries, coarsely chopped; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters semisweet chocolate mini-morsels; 118 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps sugar; 177 milliliters whipping cream; 1 Tbsp whipping cream

You can never have too many Southern recipes, so give Cherry-and-Cream Baby Cakes From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. A mixture of salt, sugar, semisweet chocolate mini-morsels, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It works well as a very reasonably priced dessert.

Instructions

Combine first 4 ingredients in a bowl; cut butter into dry ingredients with a pastry blender until crumbly.

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Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add 3/4 cup whipping cream and next 3 ingredients, stirring with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Knead dough in bowl 2 or 3 times to incorporate dry ingredients.

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Whipping Cream

Dough

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Bowl

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead 3 or 4 times. Pat dough to 3/4" thickness; cut with a lightly floured 1 1/2" round cutter.

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Dough

Place scones on a lightly greased baking sheet. Chill 20 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Brush scones with 1 tablespoon whipping cream, and sprinkle evenly with 2 tablespoons sugar.

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Whipping Cream

Sugar

Bake at 375 for 18 to 20 minutes or until scones are golden.

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Serve warm.

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Servings:

1teaspoons

almond extract 1Tbsp

baking powder 79milliliters

cold butter, cut into pieces 118milliliters

dried cherries, coarsely chopped 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 0teaspoons

salt 118milliliters

semisweet chocolate mini-morsels 118milliliters

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Schlossgut Diel Nahe Riesling Kabinett. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.