Choco-Cherry Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 c butter or margarine
- 1 c sugar
- 1 egg
- 1-1/2 c sifted cake flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 c milk
- 1/4 c maraschino cherries, chopped
- 2-1 oz squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
- 2 tbsps maraschino-cherry syrup
- 1/2 c chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions
Stir butter to soften. Gradually add sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. Add egg, beat well; stir in chocolate. Sift together dry ingredients; then add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat after each addition. Add cherries, syrup and nuts (op). Grease bottom of square baking pan. Pour in batter. Bake in slow oven 350F – 40 min or till cake tests done. Cool. Frost in pan with chocolate frosting if desired. Cut in squares.
NOTE: If baking in a glass dish, bake in slow oven 325F for 50-55 min.
