A Cherpumple is a:
Cherry pie baked into a white cake
Apple pie baked into a spice cake
Pumpkin pie baked into a yellow cake.
First off let me say...this took about 6 hours of baking time. A very frustrating 6 six hours of cooking time. The very top of the cake would not cook through. I think the pies in the middle were just too dense. Each cake took about 60 minutes to cook through. The sides getting very brown. You start by cooking all frozen pies according to package directions. I researched online before baking this monster. If I was ever to cook it again (which I highly doubt) I would cook all the pies the day before and let cool to room temperature.
Cherry pie baked into a white cake
Apple pie baked into a spice cake
Pumpkin pie baked into a yellow cake.
First off let me say...this took about 6 hours of baking time. A very frustrating 6 six hours of cooking time. The very top of the cake would not cook through. I think the pies in the middle were just too dense. Each cake took about 60 minutes to cook through. The sides getting very brown. You start by cooking all frozen pies according to package directions. I researched online before baking this monster. If I was ever to cook it again (which I highly doubt) I would cook all the pies the day before and let cool to room temperature.
I used 9" cake pans to bake them in. Cover the bottom of a heavily Pam sprayed pan with cake batter prepared according to the package directions (I always use milk when it calls for water...I think it is moister) place the cooked, cooled pie upside down in the cake pan on top of the cake batter. Cover the rest of the pie with cake batter. (you will have some cake batter left over...do not fill all the way tot he top..it will spill over while baking.) This begins the LONG cooking process. Each pie/cake took about an hour. When they were done baking. I let them sit for a while before taking them out of the pan. I read several people say that their fell apart while taking them out of the pan. I was pretty nervous about that. I put then right into the fridge. I wanted them to hold together and I figured if I could cool the centers off...they would hold together better. I assembled it about an hour before we ate it...once again worrying about it falling apart. I used a VERY sharp knife to slice it and the pieces turned out great. When you get to only having half of the cake left....it wants to fall over. I would say just slice the remaining slices.
Now for taste: I wasn't impressed. It was a whole lot of sweetness and denseness. I would not make it again. I might do a 2 layer cherry pie baked into a chocolate pie for my son when he returns from his Mission. I think even frosting it with chocolate frosting would it give a Black forest cake feeling. I think it was a challenge to try at least once!! I can cross it off my bucket list and look for the NEXT monster item to bake!
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