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This Cheerwine Chocolate Glazed Pound Cake makes for a super moist and decadent cake that is sure to make your Valentine swoon.

Most people seem to really love Valentine’s Day or really hate it.

I love heart shaped anything and all things pink.

So even when I didn’t have someone in my life I always loved Valentine’s Day.

Is it commercialize?

You bet, but I still like a day that is dedicated to love.

If you have no significant other this year I suggest you still celebrate the essence of the day.

Make a list of all the things you love about your life.

Then the next day, February 15th…what I will call Valen-festivus you can make a list and air your grievances.

If you never saw Seinfeld then you are thinking Valen-festivus?

But if you do know Seinfeld you know that I’m poking fun at their holiday of Festivus.

So here is my main grievance for Valen-festivus:

Shaving razor blade packaging.

We buy our razor blades at Costco because while you still need to take out a small loan to buy them they cost slightly less there than anywhere else.

Once I get over the initial shock of the price and my fleeting thought of going all natural and fuzzy instead, I get the razors home.

That’s when the real struggle begins.

I get it; they are expensive and are sharp pointy things that you don’t want people to steal.

But they have so many moisturizing strips around them these days I doubt you could to that much damage to someone without first doing damage to yourself as well.

And speaking of damage I beheaded a shampoo bottle the last time I tried to get the razors out of the packaging.

I first tried to cut it open with scissors which got me nowhere because it is seriously thick cardboard.

Then I decided to peel back the layers of the packaging.

Which is when I learned there are about 4,000 (give or take) thick cardboard layers.

I mean you could build a house out of this stuff…if only the three little pigs knew about this technology.

When I finally make it to the plastic part holding the razors I think yay!

Except no yay.

More like *$()*()@&%)*().

As I tried to pry the plastic apart the razer blade package went flying through the bathroom sky.

Breaking my shampoo bottle.

I killed a shampoo bottle.

So I try again.

This time giving myself a plastic cut (similar to a paper cut) and my drunken sailor vocabulary increases.

I somehow eventually managed to get a little hole into the plastic packaging and am able to get one razor out.

That’s when I quit.

I go no further to save the lives of innocent conditioner bottles and any other beauty products in the bathroom that don’t deserve to be beheaded like the poor shampoo was.

And I thought child safety caps on pills were bad….geesh.

To make life better I made a cake.

Cheerwine Chocolate Glazed Pound Cake to be exact.

I had made a 7-Up Pound Cake a few years ago that turned out yummy.

And thought to myself I wonder if I can just replace the 7-Up with another type of soda…the answer is yes.

I have been on a big Cheerwine kick lately and wanted to use it because it would give a light pink color to the inside of the cake and that was festive for Valentine’s day.

The Bundt pan I used came from Williams-Sonoma.

And I blame Ashley (Not Without Salt) for poorly influencing me to purchase it.

If you are not into hearts I love this Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Blossom Bundt Pan and Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Heritage Bundt Pan to use as well.

The great thing about a pretty Bundt pan is that if you are not gifted at decorating (cough, cough me) then no worries because the pan already has a beautiful pattern.

Since this recipe requires so much butter I HIGHLY recommend you use Plugra butter.

The better your ingredients the better your final product.

If you cannot find Cheerwine in your area I suggest using Cherry cola.

While this cake is heart shaped this is so a cake you want to be making year round!

It’s a great day to order my cookbook.

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Cheerwine Chocolate Glazed Pound Cake

Cheerwine Chocolate Glazed Pound Cake

Ingredients

  • For the Pound Cake:
  • 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, at room temperature (I used Plugra)
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 5 eggs, at room temperature
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1 cup Cheerwine soda (or cherry cola),at room temperature
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • For the Cheerwine Glaze:
  • 1/3 cup Cheerwine (or cherry cola)
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (I used Plugra)
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Heart shaped sprinkles (optional)

Instructions

  1. For the Cake:

    Preheat oven to 300F.
  2. Spray a 10” tube or Bundt pan with baking spray.
  3. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment cream together butter and sugar on medium high speed until mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  4. Add extract and salt and beat for another minute.
  5. Add eggs one at a time, scraping down the bowl after each addition.
  6. Alternating add flour, then soda, then flour, then soda, and end with flour.
  7. Spoon or scoop (I find an ice cream scoop works best for this) batter into the prepared pan.
  8. Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until a knife or wooden skewer when inserted comes out clean.
  9. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
  10. Remove from pan and glaze.
  11. For the Glaze:
  12. In a small saucepan, combine Cheerwine, butter, and cocoa powder; bring to a boil.
  13. Pour hot mixture over confectioners’ sugar. Stir until smooth. Add vanilla extract and whisk.
  14. Cool for approximately 20 minutes, or until lukewarm.
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© Peabody

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Comments

  1. I just discovered Cheerwine, like last week, and love it (found it at a Cracker Barrel store, my awesome husband stopped especially for me to pick it up while wearing his ice fishing gear getup). And my mom got me a Nordic Ware Bundt pan for Christmas so I will definitely have to try this cake. Thanks for all your wonderful stories and inspiring messages – I truly enjoy reading your blog!!!

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  3. I know that Fiskars makes some scissor thingies now specifically designed for clamshell packaging, etc. Maybe they would help with the razor blades 🙂 I hate the packaging on those, too. Plastic cuts hurt worse than paper cuts!

    I’m a fan of Valentine’s Day, even though it’s disappointing no matter what!

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  4. Wut? I didn’t know they sold Cheerwine in the PNW! I had a superb Cheerwine float at lunch (thank you, Cookout). This looks awesome, Peabody.

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  5. I’m sitting here laughing out loud because I know exactly what packaging you’re talking about, and IT’S THE WORST. I’ve probably tried twenty different ways of getting it open, but that super-thick cardboard gets me every time! And just when you think you’ve succeeded… you find the plastic. -_-

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  6. Baking with a premium butter sure makes a difference! I’m easily influenced and now think I need a new fun shaped Bundt pan—your cake is gorgeous!

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  9. That cake looks and sounds amazingly yummy. If you are ever in MN, you will have to check out the Nordicware store (which is next to the plant). Very cool store with all their bundt pans and kitchenware. And, they have an imperfect section that has discounted items that are slightly ding-ed or measurement is slightly off etc. It truly is a fabulous store.

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  10. Regardless of my relationship status over the years, II still give out silly Valentine’s Day cards, you know the ones kids hand out but I refuse to grow up.

    I have the same problem with razor blades! And with the replacement electric toothbrush heads, all that thick freaking plastic and/or cardboard.

    I’ve been meaning to buy prettier bundt pans but I always talk myself out of them. Cheerwine may convince me otherwise, or better yet I have made a root beer cake before/ Now that’s love O:-)

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  11. I love all things heart shaped too, so I think I need to buy this pan! My husband is going to cringe when I try to add another pan to our cabinet…

    …and since I recently found Cheerwine at World Market, I can now make this cake!

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  13. This cake looks so decadent! I have never heard of cheerwine, but I can come up with some cherry cola. I feel your pain with the razor packages. The same goes for packages that toys come in. I am not built to have the patience it takes to peel back the layers of cardboard and plastic to finally get to the prize! I like immediate gratification.

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  14. HATE clamshell packaging-I always get the frustration free stuff from Amazon and actively avoid the ones that have that hated molded plastic.

    BUT that cake! Sounds amazing (and a soda I can actually use, as you can buy cheerwine made with sugar and not HFCS). Just want to clarify on the frosting…..instructions say almond extract and nuts….I assume that’s where the vanilla goes. And there aren’t nuts? Thanks!

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    • @Diana- no nuts. This glaze is one i use on a few cakes and the last one had nuts and I just copy and pasted without looking 🙂

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  16. I cut the recipe in half and made it in a loaf pan and cooked it for 20 mins less than recommended. 10/10 loved this recipe.

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