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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (220g)

Recipe makes 6 servings

Calories 875
Calories from Fat 367 (41%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 40.8g 62%
Saturated Fat 6.8g 34%
Monounsaturated Fat 17.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 14.4g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 142mg 47%
Sodium 839mg 34%
Potassium 164mg 4%
Total Carbohydrate 113.8g 37%
Dietary Fiber 1.9g 7%
Sugars 80.9g
Protein 8.2g 16%

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Mom's Sherry Cake

Recipe #27631 | 55 min | 10 min prep | add private note
Julesong

By: Julesong
May 7, 2002

Simple, but wonderful!! This was my favorite cake that Mom would make when I was little... for that matter, since I wasn't really that fond of cake, it's probably the only reason I ever ate any. Whenever I make this for gatherings, everybody asks for the recipe... and then begs me to make it for the next gathering, too.

SERVES 6 -9 , 1 cake (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Cake

Cinnamon mixture

Drizzle frosting

Directions

  1. 1
    (This recipe has three separate portions to combine together: the cake, the cinnamon mixture, and the frosting.) Combine cake ingredients and mix for 5 minutes in mixer on medium speed.
  2. 2
    Combine cinnamon mixture.
  3. 3
    Butter the sides and bottom of Bundt or angel food tin.
  4. 4
    Sprinkle part of cinnamon mixture into pan covering sides and bottom.
  5. 5
    Then pour cake batter into pan in three alternating layers with cinnamon mixture, ending with cinnamon mixture.
  6. 6
    Bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes, checking to make sure the sugar on the outside of the cake does not burn.
  7. 7
    Let cool; place on serving plate.
  8. 8
    Mix together powdered sugar and enough milk to make a "drizzly" consistency of frosting, then drizzle over the sides (both inside and outsides).
  9. 9
    Let frosting set before serving.
  10. 10
    Note: if your oven runs hot, you might want to try baking for 35 minutes to begin with, then remove cake from oven and taste-check a portion of the cake which doesn't show easily (such as the inner ring) to make sure the sugar coating isn't burning and the cake isn't drying out. Thank you, Michelle S., for the input that prompted me to edit the recipe for this! :).

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From: heartnurse2006

On Dec 19, 2007

I loved this recipe. I tried it because I had a bottle of cream sherry that I had bought for another recipe. The only change I made was to leave out the cocoa powder after reading the other reviews about burning. I did have to cook it for about 15 to 20 minutes longer than the recipe called for (probably because of the silicon bundt pan I used, but without the cocoa, it did not burn at all, and we did not even miss the cocoa. Everyone raved about the cake.

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    From: cxstitcher

    On Jul 9, 2005

    This is a wonderful cake, I learned how to make it when I was cooking with mom as a teenager. It sounds so good, I'm going to make it in the morning for the family picnic, and use Sheery instead of the milk for the frosting. Yum, Yum.. Cxstitcher

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  • From: Chris Gronsbell

    On May 9, 2002

    I used to make this cake years ago - with a glaze of powdered sugar & sherry. I know for a fact it is fabulous. In fact - after seeing it here today I'm going to make it again this weekend.

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    From: Michelle S.

    On Nov 11, 2004

    What a wonderfully unusual cake. I adored it, DH however was not excited about it, he kept telling me he thought it tasted burnt. I did not have this problem at all and suspect he didn't care for the cocoa-cinnamon mixture. I will try it again without it and tell him he is eating poundcake! I also used sherry instead of milk in the glaze. A recipe I feel tastes as wonderful as it looks!

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