Chocolate Cherry Bread

Submitted by tgobbi

• Ready In: 10hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 loaf
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 157.80 ml dried cherries
• 236.59 ml sugar
• 88.74 ml butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 118.29 ml nonfat sour cream (I used low fat)
• 1 large very ripe banana, mashed
• 9.85 ml vanilla extract
• 354.88 ml flour
• 88.74 ml unsweetened cocoa
• 4.92 ml baking powder
• 2.46 ml baking soda
• 1.23 ml salt
• 118.29 ml chopped pecans

directions

1. Soak dried cherries in hot water 15 minutes; drain thoroughly.
2. Set aside.
3. Preheat oven to 350º.
4. Beat sugar and butter together in bowl of electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 3 min.
5. Add eggs, one at a time; beat until smooth.
6. Beat in sour cream, banana and vanilla extract until well-blended, about 1 min.
7. Mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; add to banana mixture, beating on low speed until just mixed.
8. Fold in nuts and cherries.
9. Pour batter into greased 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
10. Bake 1 hour until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
11. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
12. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.