Cherry Chocolate Cake

Recipe Rating:	3 Ratings5
Categories:	Cakes, Chocolate
Serves:	12 approx./ each cake
Prep Time:	2 Hr
Cook Time:	40 Min

Ingredients

3 c	cake flour
3/4 c	sugar
3/4 c	vegetable oil
2 lg	eggs
2 tsp	vanilla
1 1/4 tsp	baking soda
1 tsp	cinnamon
1/2 tsp	salt
42 oz	cherry pie filling
8 oz	dark chocolate chips, melted on double boiler
1 c	nuts, chopped
	confectioners' sugar to taste
6-8 Tbsp	cherry flavored seltzer water if happen to have, or plain water, to thin chocolate's consistency to honey-thick.
1 c	whipped topping
	raw cocoa powder to taste

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janis roach

Full Flavored

west palm beach, FL (pop. 99,919)

jdrr

Member Since Dec 2009

janis' Notes:

I geared towards black forrest cake, instead ended up with 2 moist cherry-chocolate cakes. Took to work, several people swore it was rum cake. The plan was for 4 layers. This cake has 3 layers. Chocolate and cherry flavors blended nicely after refrigerating overnight. Overall sweetness of cake was flat, next time will use 1 to 1-1/2 tsp salt. Also will divide eggs, add yokls first, then incorporate beaten egg whites into batter to make lighter or fluffier Will replace oil with extra virgin coconut oil. Will blend concentrated cherry juice with cherry filling. Mistakenly used 3 cups flour instead of 2, as sugested. One cake should yield 4 thin layers light enough to work with. Cherry sparkling water perhaps did not impart additional flavor, happened to have and fit the theme. This was a lot of fun. Thank you!

Directions

Sift together: flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.

Combine sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and 6 oz. melted chocolate; mix well.

Add flour mixture, mix well. Then add 21 oz mashed cherry pie filling....

Pour into greased and floured 9x9 in pans(2)

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Cool 10 minutes in pan, then invert cakes over plates.

Slice cakes horizontally to make 2 layers each.

Use remaining 21 oz pie filling for layering: spread pie filling then cool whip, sift cocoa powder to taste; swirl together with spatula; cover with second layer of cake, and so on.

Spread remaining melted chocolate over top layer, cover with walnuts, then sprinkle with confectioners sugar as desired.