Fruit Squares | Cherry Family Favorite

This is my family’s cherry fruit squares recipe!  I grew up loving and eating this delicious dessert.

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Traditions

When I was growing up, dessert after dinner was a given.  I wonder if people still have after dinner dessert regularly.  Do you have dessert after dinner?  I’d really like to know, so leave me a comment.

I have to say that sometimes I would eat dinner just so I could have the dessert!  I would eat especially fast when it was a food I disliked as I relay in this post. The reason is that I figured the faster I got through the meal, the quicker I could get that dessert into my belly.

Not that I was ever allowed to, but years ago, I could eat a whole cake myself.

Seriously, no lie.

That’s how much I loved having dessert.

I still love dessert, but could I eat a whole cake?  Probably not.  I couldn’t for a few reasons.

One being, I do not want the weight gain that would invariably happen if I undertook that endeavor.  It would go straight to my thighs and that would not be good.  The second reason is I think I’d get physically sick if I tried because it would be too sweet.

I remember my grandmother saying, “That dessert is too sweet.”

And I remember thinking how could she say that?  I had never met a dessert that was too sweet, even the dense chocolate ones.

But now I understand.

Oh, too well.  Which is probably good since my thighs thank me.

On to My Family’s Cherry Fruit Squares Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Stand Mixers are the bomb

I start off my lugging out my stand mixer and placing some room temperature butter into it along with some cane sugar.

I turn the mixer on medium and cream them together. Also, I add some vanilla, salt and the eggs one at a time and mix them until they are incorporated.

Time for the dry ingredient.  Even though the cherry pie filling isn’t dry, I added it because it’s the star of the show.

I add my beloved sprouted spelt flour and turn the mixer on again until it’s incorporated.

Grease that Pan

I don my glove because my assistant that usually greases my pans was at work.  I get out my 8 X 8 pan and liberally grease it.

Next, I divide the batter in half and press half of it in the bottom of the pan.  I also open the can of cherry filling.

Time to spread a little more than half of the can of cherry filling on top of that layer of batter.  You can use the whole can but I find the amount I use perfect.

Now, I take a spoon and scoop out some batter and plop it on the cherry filling.  I do this until all the batter is used up.

Perfecto!!

Time to bake it for 45 minutes.  (Now, if you double this recipe like my family does, you will bake it between 55 – 60 minutes.)

DING

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I let it rest for 10 minutes before I cut it into nine squares.  You can wait longer but it’s super tasty warm.

I lift a piece of cherry fruit squares and get ready to plate it.

Look at all that cherry goodness!  Yum.

Mission complete.  One of the cherry fruit squares is plated and ready to eat!  I take that fork and cut into the square.

YUM.  So nice and fruity.  The cake part is a perfect complement to the cherry.  My family use all purpose flour and you can too, but I prefer my spelt.

I hope you enjoyed this cherry fruit squares recipe!

Please feel free to leave me a comment to tell me what your ‘family’s dessert’ is.  I’d love to know.  Also you can Pin any photo to Pinterest and Yum the recipe to Yummly.

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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My Family’s Cherry Fruit Squares

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

This fruity cake is so delicious that you'll want it once a week. You can use any pie filling. They are all good!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Dessert

Keyword: fruit squares

Servings: 9 squares

Calories: 304 kcal

Author: Elaine @ Dishes Delish

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 can cherry filling I used a little over 1/2 a can

Pan

8 x 8 pan, greased liberally

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. In a stand mixer, add butter and sugar and mix until incorporated
3. Add vanilla, salt and one egg at a time and mix until both eggs are incorporated
4. Add flour and mix until combined
5. Divide dough in half and press half in greased pan
6. Spread cherry filling on batter layer
7. Plop tablespoons of batter on top of the fruit layer
8. Bake for 40 - 45 minutes
9. Let cake cool for 10 minutes before cutting into squares
10. Serve warm or cold
11. Eat a forkful
12. Sigh
13. Smile
14. Enjoy

Nutrition Facts

My Family’s Cherry Fruit Squares

Amount Per Serving (1 square)

Calories 304 Calories from Fat 99

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 11g 17%

Saturated Fat 6g 30%

Cholesterol 63mg 21%

Sodium 142mg 6%

Potassium 70mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 47g 16%

Sugars 22g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 8.7%

Vitamin C 1.4%

Calcium 1.5%

Iron 6.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.