Cherry Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cake is amazingly good and so delicious cake with rich and unique cherry flavor. The chocolate and cherry makes for a decadent and totally incredible dessert! Cherry Chocolate Cake is real chocolate heaven!

It’s no secret that I love sweets. Cheesecake, brownies, cake, cookies it doesn’t matter, I love them all and I decided that I wanted to change things up with my chocolate cake recipe and add in one of my favorite drinks Dr. Pepper. This Cherry Chocolate Cake turned out so delicious that I wanted to share this recipe with all of you.
This Cherry Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cake is so easy to make because it uses a box of cake mix rather than lots of separate ingredients. It is delicious cake to slice up and bring to a picnics or last-minute guests.

How to Make Cherry Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cake?
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9×9 baking dish with baking spray, set aside
• Remove the cherries from the jar, reserving the liquid in the jar to be used in making the cherry frosting
• Remove the stems of 10-15 of the cherries, slice in the half and then slice the halves in half again. Keep the remainder of the cherries in the jar with the stems on to garnish the tops of the frosted pieces of cake
• In a large mixing bowl, using a stand mixer or a handheld mixer add the dry cake mix and the Cherry Dr. Pepper and mix on low speed until just combined (the cake mix box will say to add eggs, water, milk or oil, we don’t need to do that as we are using Dr. Pepper instead)
• Stir in the sliced cherries
• Pour the batter into prepared baking dish
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean
• Remove from oven to cool completely
To make frosting:
• In a large mixing bowl, on medium speed cream together softened butter, reserved cherry juice about 1/3 cup, add the 3 cups of powdered sugar ½ cup at the time, if the frosting is thin add up to ½ cup powdered sugar
• Spread buttercream frosting with spatula all over the cooled cake
• Gently score the size of the serving pieces of cake and place one of the reserved cherries with stems in the middle of each piece of cake, sprinkle chocolate curls on top if desired
• Place the cake in the refrigerator to set frosting about 30 minutes

How to Store Cherry Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cake?
Cherry Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cake can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
How to Freeze Cherry Dr. Pepper Chocolate Cake?
Just allow the cake to fully cool and then freeze for up to three months. Thaw in the fridge the night before you plan to eat, or sit on the counter for about an hour for a quick thaw.

This Cherry Dr. Pepper Cake is sure to become your new, favorite cake recipe of all time. Made with buttercream frosting and maraschino cherries, which perfectly complement the Cherry Dr. Pepper used in the cake, how could you not want a piece of this cake? If you like Dr. Pepper you need to try this cake!
Whatever the reason for making dessert, this cake is the answer. Enjoy!