Cherry Danish Cake

An easy semi-homemade cake recipe dotted with cherry pie filling, drizzled with sour cream icing and topped with slivered almonds.

I was walking through the grocery store the other day and spotted some cherry danish that looked so good they made me want to throw my will power out the window and throw those danish on the floor and just roll in them.

What got me was they were topped with that glorious stark white icing I associate with cheap honey buns. And there may have been a hormone or two involved. Whatever the case, I went to bed that night thinking about that icing.

I’ve always made icing for sweet rolls and danish by simply mixing powdered sugar and extract with a liquid (maybe orange juice, cream, milk or even water) and it’s delicious but it isn’t that bright white like you sometimes see.

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