Christina Tosi's Cherry Cola Bundt Cake - Parade

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From MasterChef Junior judge Christina Tosi‘s new cookbook All About Cake, this festive Bundt cake is full of old-fashioned flavor. Cola extract really makes a difference, and we like Nature’s Flavors’ Organic Cola Flavor Extract. You can buy cherry puree at specialty stores or puree thawed frozen pitted cherries in a blender or food processor.

Cherry Cola Bundt Cake

By Christina Tosi

Ingredients

CAKE:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
⅔ cup plus 1 Tbsp cherry cola
⅔ cup cherry puree
½ cup grapeseed or canola oil
2 Tbsp molasses
2½ tsp vanilla extract
2½ tsp cola extract
5 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
3½ cups cake flour
2¼ cups granulated sugar
½ cup plus 2 Tbsp light brown sugar, packed
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp kosher salt
GLAZE:
2 oz cream cheese
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1½ cups powdered sugar
2 Tbsp cherry cola plus more as needed
½ tsp cola extract
¼ tsp vanilla extract
⅛ tsp kosher salt
1 to 2 drops red food coloring (optional)
DECORATION:
Red and green gummy candies (stars, Santas, etc.), optional

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Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
To prepare cake, in a large bowl, whisk first 9 ingredients. In another large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Add wet ingredients; stir to combine. Use a whisk to break up any lumps. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 55-60 minutes or until cake bounces back firmly when tapped with your fingertips and center is not jiggly. Cool in pan 45 minutes. Run a butter knife or offset spatula between edge of cake and pan to loosen. Invert pan onto a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet. Cool completely.
To prepare glaze, microwave cream cheese and 2 Tbsp butter in a small bowl 30 seconds or until butter is mostly melted and cream cheese is soft. Stir vigorously until smooth. Scrape mixture into a medium bowl; whisk in powdered sugar and remaining ingredients. Whisk until smooth. (If glaze looks too thick, whisk in more cherry cola, 1 tsp at a time, to adjust consistency.) Pour glaze over top of cake in an even stream. Decorate as desired. Let stand 15 minutes to set.