Christmas Cherry Wine Cake

I adapted this Cherry Wine Cake for Christmas this year from the Blackberry Wine cake recipe developed by Paulette Yost and Barb Teague of  Weathervane Winery. This cake can be made from any cherry favored wine but I love the Weathervane Winery Santa' Sweetie wine. Any box white cake mix can be used but I found a Betty Crocker Cherry Chip cake mix at Big Lots that I thought worked well with this recipe. The original recipe uses a pound cake pan lined with parchment paper but I used my Calphalon 10" crown 12 cup capacity BUNDT pan. The cake was quite flavorful and moist and I was pleased with the cake results.

Christmas Cherry Wine Cake

Weathervane Winery Santa's Sweetie

Cherry Wine Cake Directions:

Ingredients:
1 box white cake mix
4 eggs
¾ cup oil
1 cup Santa' Sweetie wine or other cherry wine
1 (3 oz) pkg. Black Cherry jello

Glaze:
½ cup Santa Sweetie or other cherry wine
1 ¾ cup confectionary sugar

1. Line pound cake pan (sides too) with parchment paper or use a 10" BUNDT pan that can be lightly sprayed with BAKER's JOY. 
2. Preheat oven at 325 degrees. 
3. Combine cake mix, jello, eggs, oil, and 1 cup of wine. 
4. Pour into pan. Bake for 60 minutes or until cake is done.  
5. Remove from oven and pierce cake while in pan with pick. 
6. Make glaze. 
7. Pour over warm cake. 
8. Let cake sit 15 minutes before removing from pan. 
9. Enjoy!

Pfaltzgraff Christmas Heritage Pattern

Pfaltzgraff introduced the Christmas Heritage pattern in 1981. The Pfaltzgraff Christmas Heritage is a delightful Christmas version of the more traditional, white Pfaltzgraff Heritage pattern that can be used together. The festive accent of the Christmas tree wonderfully decorated is the heart of this classic pattern. The pattern features a toy village and train set spread out beneath the ornament-laden boughs of a Christmas tree. A tiny, simple band of Christmas green provides a finishing touch along the edges of each piece. The Christmas Heritage collection is made from durable, chip-resistant stoneware and is microwave and dishwasher safe. This casual stoneware brightens meals on a daily basis throughout the holiday season.

Pfaltzgraff retired the Christmas Heritage pattern on December 31, 1996.

Table and china hutch decorated with Christmas Heritage