Fresh Cherry Layered Dessert

Submitted by michEgan

"This recipe is a great recipe anytime! You could use other fruit if you are not a cherry lover. Try Fresh Raspberries, Blackberries, Apples. Hey.. try a new fruit every week! Cause it will not last long after you make it. It does need to be cooled."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Crust

• 1⁄2 cup butter, soften
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts

• Second Layer

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs, beaten

• Third Layer

• 2 cups fresh cherries or 2 cups other fresh fruit
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 5 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3⁄4 cup water

• Forth Layer

• whipped topping

directions

1. Crust: Mix and pat into a 9x13 pan. Second Layer: Mix sugar, cream cheese, vanilla and 2 eggs.
2. Pour onto the crust.
3. Cook 15 minutes at 375 degrees. Third Layer: Mix corn starch and water until dissolved.
4. Mix in the rest of the ingredients, boil til thickened.
5. Cool.
6. Spread over the cream cheese layer.
7. Cool completely.
8. Fourth Layer: Spread on whipped topping of your choice.
9. Note: You can drizzle chocolate syrup on the whipped cream for a nice look.
10. But it is wonderful just the way it is.

Reviews

[Speedy Chef]

Excellent recipe. I took the advice of the other reviewers and only added 1 cup sugar to the cherry topping (instead of 2 cups) and it turned out great. I also did not have fresh cherries so I used frozen. I will definitely try it with other fruits. I think strawberries and peaches would work well.

 

[Amanda Beth]

It is very sweet, but good. For the crust I substituted oats for the nuts. It worked well. I also subbed flour for cornstarch, and I do not recommend this changed, even though it worked. The topping took on a flour color and the consistency changed. All in all, a good dessert that we will make again. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Giovanni-B]

This was VERY sweet--too sweet for our tastes...couldn't even finish one piece. Also, the cherry filling wasn't especially tasty -- seemed too bland to me but then the type of cherries is not specified in the recipe - so I used a tart pie cherry. If you're into sweet, then this is the recipe for you!

 

[CJAY8248]

This was great! I used cashews for the nuts and followed the rest of the recipe as directed. It was easy to make and tasted fantastic. I'll be putting this in my tried and true file and plan on trying different fruits in the future. Thanks for sharing.