Chocolate Cherry Nut Cake
Ingredients
2 C. flour, sifted
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 C. buttermilk
10 ounce bottle maraschino cherries, reserve liquid
1 egg, room temperature
1/2 C. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 C. sugar
2 unsweetened baking chocolate squares, melted
1/2 C. walnuts
Cooking Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 13×9″ pan. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Put buttermilk, all of the reserved maraschino cherry syrup, egg, butter, vanilla, and sugar into a food processor, cover and process until smooth. Add melted chocolate. Continue to process until well blended. Stop processor and add all of the cherries and nuts, cover and process until they are coarsely chopped. Pour batter into dry ingredients and mix gently by hand until well blended. Bake 35-45 minutes, cool in pan and frost if desired. Sprinkle some confectioners sugar on top.
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