CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH DRIED CHERRIES

Chocolate Cake With Dried Cherries image

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Categories dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 8 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup pitted dried cherries
2 tablespoons cherry-flavored liqueur
8 tablespoons sweet butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a nine-inch tube pan.
Sift together the flour, cocoa and baking soda and set aside. Place the cherries in a dish, stir in the cherry liqueur and set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing only enough to combine the ingredients.
Add the almond extract to the cherry mixture, then fold this mixture into the batter.
Spread the batter into the pan and bake for 45 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes in the pan, then remove from the pan and continue to cool on a rack.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 329, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 54 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 190 milligrams, Sugar 33 grams, TransFat 0 grams