Crockpot Cherries Jubilee

Grab some fresh cherries and make this cherries jubilee to serve over a bowl of vanilla ice cream, pound cake, or even to top your yogurt with it. This cherries jubilee recipe is one that you will want to make over and over again.

This is the dessert for a hot summer night. We love the dark sweet cherries and the sweet sauce that is the ending to a dinner party. The best part of all is this dessert takes just 6 ingredients.

If you love cherries, make sure to check out our heaven on earth cakeno bake cherry cheesecake or even this cherry crisp.

This Cherries Jubilee Cake Recipe Is…

• Classic Dessert
• Easy Dessert
• Gluten Free
• Vegetarian
• Can Use Frozen Cherries or Fresh Cherries
• You Don’t Have to Flambe The Jubilee

Sweet Cherries – we used canned pitted sweet cherries that were in a heavy sauce. We found this to work the best in the process of slow cooker cherries jubilee.

Dried Cherries – In the baked goods aisle you can look by the raisins to find the dried cherries.

Granulated Sugar – The granulated sugar is going to sweeten the jubilee even more.

Orange Juice – we used orange juice for this recipe. The citrus in the orange juice helps give you that classic jubilee flavor.

Almond Extract – Some recipes use vanilla but we prefer the flavor of almond extract.

Cornstarch and Water – The cornstarch and water act as a slurry and will help to thicken the sauce of the cherries.

How to Make Cherries Jubilee

Full steps on how to make cherries jubilee in the crockpot are below. This is a quick walk-through on how it is made.

Step One: Add your canned cherries, dried cherries, sugar, orange juice, and almond extract into the crockpot.

Step Two: Next stir and cover and place on low for 4 hours.

Step Three: After it has cooked you will mix up the cornstarch and water together. Stir and then turn the setting to high. Continue to cook for 20-30 minutes. Once it has thickened it is ready.

Serve your cherry on top of ice cream, pound cake, angel food cake, and even top with whipped cream.

Variations and Tips For Recipe

• You can use fresh cherries or even frozen cherries if you would prefer to skip the canned cherries.
• Top with some orange zest to elevate the flavor even more.
• This recipe doesn’t have to be made with alcohol. If you want alcohol you can add in some brandy or rum. The cherry brandy flavors work so well together. Just add in the brandy once you are done cooking.
• If your syrup is a thin syrup you can always repeat the cornstarch and water slurry to thicken it even more.
• Instead of orange juice you can use apple juice instead.
• Serve the warm cherries how you would like for a tasty dessert of your choice. The cherry mixture is versatile so enjoy any way you want.

Storing

Cherry Jubilee is best served warm. But if you have any leftovers you can store in the fridge for 4-5 days. Then eat the leftovers chilled or warm them up.

Practical notes

What flavor is cherry jubilee?

Cherry jubilee is sweet and offers a nice flavorful cherry flavor. Now if you add alcohol then it will take on some of the rum or warm brandy flavor to the cherry flavors.

Why is it called cherries jubilee?

Auguste Escoffier created this dessert for her love for cherries. She paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth for her Diamon Jubilee even in 1897.

Can you freeze cherries jubilee?

You can freeze any of leftovers you have for 3-4 months. The first step is to make sure to place in an airtight container in the freezer. Then thaw in the fridge overnight before you plan to eat it.

Can you use cherry jubilee for a pie filling?

Yes, you can use the cherries and sauce for making pies, crisps, etc. It is a great to use the cherry and sauce in desserts. Just know it is sweeter than a traditional pie filling.

More Easy Desserts

• Crockpot S’mores Cake
• Caramel Cheesecake Brownies
• Raspberry Pie
• Strawberry Cheesecake Tacos

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Ingredients

Makes 8 servings

• 2 15 ounce cans of pitted sweet cherries in heavy syrup
• 1/2 cup dried cherries
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 6 tablespoons water

Equipment

• 1 Crockpot

Method

1. Place your canned cherries, dried cherries, granulated sugar, orange juice, and almond extract in crockpot.
2. Stir and then cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
3. In a small bowl mix the cold water and cornstarch together and stir into the cherries jubilee. Then switch it to high for another 30 minutes.
4. Once the sauce is thickened, serve over brownies, pound cake, ice cream, etc.

Kitchen notes

Frozen or Fresh Cherries

– You can use fresh or frozen cherries if you would like in replace of the canned cherries. Alcohol – At the end of cooking you can add in rum or brandy to the cherry mixture at the very end of cooking. Then if you want to light it to flame, make sure to transfer to a skillet. Storing – Store your leftover cherries jubilee in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days.